founder serge cajfinger headquarters 223 rue saint honor paris france key people catherine vautrin ceo products ready to wear revenue 45 000 000 2012 number of employees 200 2013 subsidiaries france ; united kingdom ; spain ; germany ; belgium ; usa website www.pauleka.com paule ka is a french ready to wear brand created in 1987 by serge cajfinger . born in lille 1 in 1955 serge cajfinger spent his childhood in brazil ; 1 he returned to france in 1968 . 2 in 1974 he opened a multi brand store in lille known as paule ka . serge cajfinger later left lille for paris to set up a designer label under the same name opening the first ever paule ka store in 1987 in the heart of paris marais district . inspired by the grace and elegance of 50 s and 60 s style icons including jackie onassis kennedy audrey hepburn and princess grace kelly he sought to bring a modern twist to their timeless elegance . the brand s style is geometric 3 and sober 4 sophisticated yet urban with some lasting characteristics such as black dresses 5 must have bags 6 and the use of bows . 7 in 2007 state owned fund caisse des d p ts et consignations invested in paule ka . the fashion house set up its headquarters on the rue saint honor in paris and opened a store in cannes . 2011 saw the arrival of change capital partners who were also to invest in paule ka enabling the brand to set itself new growth objectives . 1 international development ensued 2012 with the opening of stores in china and across europe as well as a showroom in new york . 8 fashion personalities such as kate middleton amal clooney jessica chastain and anne hathaway wear paule ka . contents 1 other lines 2 notes 3 sources 4 external links other lines edit following the launch in 2010 of a collection of evening dresses called black carpet 9 serge cajfinger has dressed hollywood actresses including meryl streep patricia arquette eva longoria sarah jessica parker as well as singers rihanna taylor swift selena gomez and jennifer lopez . in 2010 he designed a capsule collection for la redoute the largest french mail order retailer presented by agyness deyn . 10 notes edit sources edit a b c paule ka accueille la caisse des d p ts son capital . les chos in french . february 12 2007 . retrieved 2010 10 25 . crane kelly . serge cajfinger talks success . gulf news . retrieved 2010 10 30 . paule ka s duit la cdc . challenges in french . march 15 2007 . retrieved 2010 10 25 . fraser cavassoni natasha april 15 2007 . the remix ; chic hmm . the new york times . retrieved 2010 10 30 . di meo sylvie october 6 2006 . l indispensable petite robe noire . le monde in french . http www.tendances de mode.com 2007 05 06 168 paule ka laffaire est dans le sac paule ka l histoire d une robe in french . fashions addict . february 3 2009 . retrieved 2010 10 25 . http www.capital.fr bourse actualites paule ka veut doubler de taille en quatre ans 795866 mouzat virginie january 27 2010 . paule ka black carpet . le figaro in french . retrieved 2010 10 30 . qui se cache derri re paule ka . elle in french . march 22 2010 . retrieved 2010 10 30 . external links edit official website this french corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title paule ka & oldid 661839041 categories companies of franceclothing companies of francecompanies based in parishigh fashion brandsclothing brandsfrench brandsluxury brandsfrench company stubshidden categories cs1 french language sources fr all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2015 at 13 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view