CM Frank
| CM Frank | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Private company |
| founding | 1838 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| Branch | Men's dressmakers, clothing and textile retailers |
CM Frank is a former tailor's business and supplier to the Imperial and Royal Court and Chamber of Commerce in Vienna .
history
Carl Moritz Frank founded his company in 1838. In 1874 he was appointed supplier to the Imperial and Royal Court, later his son Carl Frank junior took over the company. Frank made civil suits for the emperor. CM Frank's customers included Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary , the brothers of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Archduke Karl Ludwig and Archduke Ludwig Viktor and the high nobility. CM Frank was also purveyor to the court of the Prince of Wales, King of Italy, Emperor Napoléon III. of France, King Milan of Serbia and the royal courts of Sweden, Spain, Bavaria, Prussia, Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro. In total, there were no fewer than 55 court and chamber titles that CM Frank accumulated in the course of his existence.
The childless Carl Frank junior was able to donate three million gold crowns with his money in 1914 for the construction of a children's hospital, the " CM Frank Children's Hospital Foundation " in Lilienfeld. Later the business was continued by the cutter Franz Thylman. The First and especially the Second World War brought difficult times for the company. In 1953, the Soviets turned the building next to the Imperial Hotel, where the shop was located, into a commandant's office. The tailoring had to move to the 4th district on Argentinierstrasse. In 1963 it was bought by Rudolf Niedersüß from Upper Austria. In 1976 he took a stake in Kniže & Comp. and merged the companies.
Bernhard Niedersüß, the son of Rudolf Niedersüß, took over the naming rights and, after having worked for Kniže for over 14 years, opened his own studio in 2007 at Annagasse 1 in the 1st district. The old name is to be revived with the name "Niedersuesz - formerly CM Frank". Niedersuesz offers complete men's outfits " in-house ".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tailor with tradition unlocks again. Wiener Zeitung , October 17, 2007, accessed on March 18, 2009 (“CM Frank” supplied a dozen rulers).
- ↑ New old bespoke tailoring studio in the city center. Die Presse , October 16, 2007, accessed on March 18, 2009 (“Niedersuesz - formerly CM Frank” offers real masterpieces for men.): “It must not be an unwritten rule that custom tailors in Vienna learn the basics of classic Helped develop men's wardrobe in the 19th and 20th centuries and in the 21st century we only get the style dictated by multinational fashion groups. "
literature
- Reinhard Engel: Luxury from Vienna I. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2001. ISBN 3-7076-0121-8
- Ingrid Haslinger: Customer - Kaiser. The story of the former imperial and royal purveyors . Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-85202-129-4 .
- János Kalmár, Mella Waldstein: KuK purveyors to Vienna's court . Stocker, Graz 2001, ISBN 3-7020-0935-3 . Pp. 114-119.
- Oswald M. Klotz: Discretion is a tailor-made matter. Knize and Frank: reflection of old times . In: The press . Imperial and Royal Court Suppliers today (IV) / 7. January 1977.
- Markus Ebner: Sharpsuiter: Bernhard Niedersuesz. The New York Times Style Magazine, 2008, accessed March 23, 2009 .
- Anna Maria Wallner: Please try on: bespoke suits from Knize. Die Presse, October 3, 2008, accessed on March 23, 2009 (The Viennese men's outfitter Knize is 150 years old. A good reason to think about the tailor-made suit, the rivalry between Italians and the British and the role of James Bond.).
- Anna Maria Wallner: Knize: Menopause of a men's tailor. Die Presse, October 19, 2008, accessed on March 23, 2009 (The men's outfitter Knize is celebrating its birthday at the beginning of November. Owner Rudolf Niedersüß still values values such as tradition and quality, but worries about the future of the house.).