In concert with Jeanne Francoise Fremyot (1572-1641), widow of the baron de Chantal, whose acquaintance he made while preaching through Lent at Dijon in 1604, he founded the order of the Visitation, in favour of "strong souls with weak bodies," as he said, deterred from entering the orders already existing, by their inability to undertake severe corporal austerities.
Six years later she partnered with Chantal Bacon to create the label of Betsey Johnson.
The last two ladies with roses were Chantal O'Brien and Emily Maynard, and Brad chose to give his final rose and a marriage proposal to Emily.