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Christophe Lemaire launched his own label in 1991. Appointed as artistic director of Lacoste ready-to-wear in 2000, he restored the label’s original identity within ten years. In 2006, he relaunched his own label (on hold from 2002 to 2006) and opened an intimate boutique in the neighbourhood of Le Marais in Paris. In June 2010, Christophe Lemaire was named artistic director of Hermès women ready to wear and presented his first collection in March with critical acclaim.