My parents had the funny idea of naming me Cerise ...
They had read a rather original book by René Fallet, written in 1969, " Comment fais-tu l'amour Cerise "!
They're crazy, but I'm lucky!
I love my name is Cerise. From kindergarten until now, it's a name that puts sunshine even when the mood is gloomy!
And then one day, when I was looking for a name for my hat brand, I was digging into adjectives, sequences of letters that make meaningless words... The friends I was having dinner with at the little table in my kitchen said in unison: "Well, you should call it The Cherry on the Hat!"
It was a no-brainer... I was 25 years old, it started that way and the name stuck!
The history of La Cerise sur le Chapeau was not all mapped out! I had nothing to do with fashion, nor hats, nor sewing!
I loved hats, especially my grandfather's.
In my eyes, he was a man of extraordinary elegance, English-style chic; coquettish but not too much. He loved timeless chic, beautiful houses with traditional know-how!
He came to pick me up one day at the bottom of my office, during lunch, to take me to a beautiful Parisian house and offer me a real man's felt. The quality was remarkable but the color scheme was classic and rather limited.
He left shortly after giving me this beautiful gift and as a matter of course I embarked on this crazy adventure: Revisiting men's hats with color!
