# Sally Berg

> Albert Sally Berg was a German-born Jewish couturier and businessman who, with Sylvain Kahn, founded the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie on the Leidseplein in 1882 and directed it until his death. Trained at Léo Hirsch's fashion house in Brussels, he ran the Amsterdam house's couture, and after the partners bought the Vienna house of Drecoll in 1895 he took charge of the Amsterdam business while also designing for the Drecoll houses in Vienna and Paris, never under his own name. He was a benefactor of the Berg-Stichting, a home for Jewish children in Laren.

*Dutch fashion house director and designer (1857-1924)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Designer
- **Category:** Designers
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1857-01-16
- **Died:** 1924-06-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Albert Sally Berg was a German-born Jewish couturier and businessman who, with Sylvain Kahn, founded the Amsterdam fashion house Hirsch & Cie on the Leidseplein in 1882 and directed it until his death. Trained at Léo Hirsch's fashion house in Brussels, he ran the Amsterdam house's couture, and after the partners bought the Vienna house of Drecoll in 1895 he took charge of the Amsterdam business while also designing for the Drecoll houses in Vienna and Paris, never under his own name. He was a benefactor of the Berg-Stichting, a home for Jewish children in Laren.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.2
- **Momentum:** 1.4

## Sources
- [Sally Berg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Berg)
- [Sally Berg](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Berg)
- [Sally Berg](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Berg)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4996016)

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