Brands exclusively found at Palais Royal included Valerie Stevens, Signature Studio, Sun River, Rustic Blue, Rebecca Malone, Wishful Park.

Palais Royal originated in 1921 in Downtown Houston, at 620 Main Street, as a small one room shop owned by Milton Levy.

[5] Isadore Erlich moved to Houston from Dallas in 1937 and purchased a controlling interest, and became president of Palais Royal.

[7][8] As their sales and popularity continued to grow, Palais Royal began an expansion; and opened their first branch location in the Rice Village area of Houston in 1950.

The continued success of Specialty Retailers allowed them to purchase the Fashion Bar/Stage chain of 76 stores in 1992.

[13] On May 10, 2020, Stage announced it had filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, and that it would liquidate all locations, Palais Royal and Gordmans included, unless a buyer could be found for the chain.