Simonnot Godard set up in 1787 is the last french weaver of Luxury Handkerchiefs andpocket squares in France . During all XIX century, Simonnot Godard was specialized inproduction of fine linens, batistes , home and bed fabrics . Simonnot was a boutique in East ofFrance and Godard was a fabricant based in Paris with all home weavers in north of France.In 1850, Louis Victor Simonnot married Marie Godard and we became only one familybuisness . In XXth century, we started Haute Couture for ladies and suplly all ladies clothesand shirt fabrics for Chanel, Dior, Lanvin, Yves Saint Laurent, Patou,…Handkerchief wasonly a small part of the business .In the sixties , Jacques first son of my Grand father died, he was a great buisness man and atthat time we were still supplying all Royal court in Europe and Middle east . The second sonof my grand father François, who was only a weaver man, became CEO .With the crisis in theseventies and bad management of my Uncle , Simonnot Godard was dying out. At that period,people did not care about quality and bought only brands for brands .My Grand father beforedying in 1995, put a large part of his own fortune in the business. All our competitors closeddown. Started in 1991 as a salesman in the family business , I finally bought the business tomy Uncle in 1999 with my wife. We decided to concentrate and invest only in handkerchiefsand pocket squares and gave up all other products which were not competitive enough.