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    After Charles-Émile Hermès's retirement, his sons Adolphe and Émile-Maurice took over leadership of the company, which they renamed Hermès Frères. Émile-Maurice began supplying saddles to the Czar of Russia and employed around 80 saddle craftsmen by 1914. In 1918, Hermès introduced the first leather golf jacket with a zipper, which Émile-Maurice had been granted exclusive rights to use for leather goods and clothing in France. Throughout the 1920s, under Émile-Maurice's sole leadership, the company began producing accessories and clothing in addition to saddles, and the first leather handbags were created in 1922 at the request of

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    After Charles-Émile Hermès's retirement, his sons Adolphe and Émile-Maurice took over leadership of the company, which they renamed Hermès Frères. Émile-Maurice began supplying saddles to the Czar of Russia and employed around 80 saddle craftsmen by 1914. In 1918, Hermès introduced the first leather golf jacket with a zipper, which Émile-Maurice had been granted exclusive rights to use for leather goods and clothing in France. Throughout the 1920s, under Émile-Maurice's sole leadership, the company began producing accessories and clothing in addition to saddles, and the first leather handbags were created in 1922 at the request of

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    Czar Zipper Edward, Prince of Wales

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    After Charles-Émile Hermès's retirement, his sons Adolphe and Émile-Maurice took over leadership of the company, which they renamed Hermès Frères. Émile-Maurice began supplying saddles to the Czar of Russia and employed around 80 saddle craftsmen by 1914. In 1918, Hermès introduced the first leather golf jacket with a zipper, which Émile-Maurice had been granted exclusive rights to use for leather goods and clothing in France. Throughout the 1920s, under Émile-Maurice's sole leadership, the company began producing accessories and clothing in addition to saddles, and the first leather handbags were created in 1922 at the request of

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    After Charles-Émile Hermès's retirement, sons Adolphe and Émile-Maurice took leadership and

    renamed the company Hermès Frères. Shortly after, Émile-Maurice began furnishing the czar of
    Russia with saddles.[4] By 1914, up to 80 saddle craftsmen were employed. Subsequently, Émile-
    Maurice was granted the exclusive rights to use the zipper for leather goods and clothing, becoming
    the first to introduce the device in France.[5] In 1918, Hermès introduced the first leather golf jacket
    with a zipper, made for Edward, Prince of Wales.[8] Because of its exclusive rights arrangement the
    zipper became known in France as the fermeture Hermès (Hermès fastener).[7]
    Throughout the 1920s when he was the sole head of the firm, Émile-Maurice added accessories and
    clothing collections.[5][6][9] He also groomed his three sons-in-law (Robert Dumas, Jean-René
    Guerrand, and Francis Puech) as business partners. In 1922, the first leather handbags were
    introduced after Émile-Maurice's wife complained of not being able to find one to her liking. Émile-
    Maurice created the handbag collection himself. [4]

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