Charivari (store)

This article is about the New York clothing store. For other uses of the term, see Charivari (disambiguation).
Charivari
Company typePrivate
IndustryClothes shop
FoundedApril 1, 1967; 57 years ago (1967-04-01) in New York City, New York, U.S.
FounderSelma Weiser[1]
Defunct1998 (1998)
FateBankrupt
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
Key people
Selma Weiser (Founder)
Barbara Weiser
Jon Weiser

Charivari was a chain of clothing stores in New York City. Its first store opened in 1967 and had grown to six stores before finally closing in 1998. It is known for championing avant-garde fashion designers in the 1980s. The name translates to "uproar" in French.[2] Its rise to prominence in fashion coincided with the gentrification of its neighborhood, Manhattan's Upper West Side.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYT09 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Benjamin, Claudie (June 9, 2020). "An Interview with Barbara Weiser, A Founder of Charivari". i love the upper west side. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Sischy, Ingrid (4 August 2016). "The Rise and Fall of Charivari, the Cult Boutique of Fashion's Cutting Edge". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 3 March 2018.