the brand . for other uses see anne fontaine . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message anne fontaine type private industry retail founded 1993 headquarters corporate avenue du canada 14600 honfleur france key people anne fontaine ari zlotkin products apparel website www.annefontaine.com anne fontaine is an international women s luxury fashion brand based in france offering ready to wear clothing shoes handbags and accessories centered on the classic white shirt . contents 1 anne fontaine founder 2 history 3 in popular culture 4 references 5 external links anne fontaine founder edit anne fontaine born 1 november 1971 rio de janeiro is a paris based fashion designer of ready to wear for women businesswoman and ecologist . fontaine is the creative director of the anne fontaine brand and the president of the anne fontaine foundation . fontaine s mother is of brazilian descent and father is of french german descent . fontaine a self taught fashion designer met husband ari zlotkin in paris who is currently president of anne fontaine the company . fontaine lives in honfleur with her husband and three children . fontaine has been the recipient of several awards including the french national order of merit french ordre national du m rite and received the award of l lan de mode in 2006 french federation of fashion 1 in 2011 fontaine created the new york based anne fontaine foundation to support the protection of endangered forests and promote reforestation . the foundation s projects are focused on the brazilian atlantic forest also known as the mata atl ntica . history edit fontaine has stated that the inspiration for the company s iconic white shirts came in 1993 when she came upon a trunk filled with shirts in her mother in law s attic . she was inspired by the simplicity and elegance of the white shirt as well as a desire to preserve the artisanship in france . 2 anne fontaine opened their first boutique in the rive gauche section of paris in 1994 . since the opening of the original store anne fontaine has expanded to 85 boutiques worldwide including flagships in paris tokyo and new york city designed in collaboration with designer andree putman . 3 in popular culture edit anne fontaine was referenced in the french film les yeux jaunes des crocodiles . in the film the character played by the french actress emmanuelle b art buys a leather jacket for her niece in one of the anne fontaine stores in paris . references edit http madame.lefigaro.fr style gerard darel succes francaise 080607 9028 g rard darel un succ s la fran aise le figaro 8 june 2007 http awomansparis.com 2012 11 16 french impressions anne fontaines white shirts and the color of happiness a woman s paris french impressions 16 november 2012 http www.nytimes.com 2008 09 04 garden 04shows.html new york times french design from a hotel to the milky way 3 september 2008 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title anne fontaine brand & oldid 738225548 categories clothing brandsclothing companieshigh fashion brandsclothing companies of franceclothing brands of francefrench brandshidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles containing french language text 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 fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 17 45 . 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