The house was founded in 1787 by Monsieur beaurain, a batiste handkerchieves salesman, who set up a small shop in the Palais Royal neighborhood of Paris. In 1830, a retiring Monsieur Beaurain left the business to his employee : Auguste Godard.
The house's handkerchieves are now distributed all arround the world in some of the most beautiful stores dedicated to men's style, from Paris to New York, Tokyo to Naples, and Hong Kong to Moscow, London, Barcelona and Madrid.