Marithé François Girbaud
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Marithé François Girbaud is an international clothing company based in France
. It was founded in 1964 by François and Marithé Girbaud. The flagship stores are located in Paris
and Beverly Hills.
Juvenile
features Girbaud in many of his lyrics:
William Gibson
's 2007 novel Spook Country
mentions Girbaud. "She wore...Girbaud, a sort of Bladerunner soccer-mom
look..."
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It was founded in 1964 by François and Marithé Girbaud. The flagship stores are located in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Beverly Hills.
In popular media
The rapperRapping
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Juvenile
Juvenile (rapper)
Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, is an American rapper, He is also a former member of hip-hop group the Hot Boys . At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1995...
features Girbaud in many of his lyrics:
- In the 1997 song "Solja Rag": "You got dem Ree[bok]sReebokReebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
on ya feet? With dem Girbauds?" - In the 1997 song "3rd Ward Solja": "I wear Girbaud jeans."
- In the 1998 song "Ha": "You got lots of Girbaud jeans, ha?"
- In the 1999 song "Tha Man": "Me, I wear Reeboks and Girbauds, and play it smarter."
William Gibson
William Gibson
William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:-Association football:*Will Gibson , Scottish footballer...
's 2007 novel Spook Country
Spook Country
Spook Country is a 2007 novel by speculative fiction author William Gibson. A political thriller set in contemporary North America, it followed on from the author's previous novel, Pattern Recognition , and was succeeded in 2010 by Zero History, which featured much of its core cast of characters...
mentions Girbaud. "She wore...Girbaud, a sort of Bladerunner soccer-mom
Soccer mom
The phrase soccer mom broadly refers to a middle-class suburban woman who spends a significant amount of her time transporting her school-age children to their sporting events or other activities. Indices of American magazines and newspapers show relatively little usage of the term until a 1995...
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