lovely Paris

marais

in Paris again to sell the collection earlier this month

courtyard

our little showroom collective has moved, we were back in rue Danielle Casanova, next door to the old place, which you can see in this photo from the stairs of number twenty one. beautiful stone stairs, but a much less fancy building, used by hat makers and their ancillary crafts, up to forty years ago.

windows

a really lovely apartment, open plan, as this huge room was where they made the polished wooden forms for felting hat shapes.

ceiling rose

an interesting mixture of high ceilings and pretty plasterwork

beams

with uncovered sixteenth century wooden structural beams. a nice hardwood engineered floor, and big terracotta tiles in kitchen and bathrooms.

philippesmall

Philippe shoehorned six of us in here, and there will be seven next time.

leafprintsonsofa

I had an intimate little space, but I didn’t feel cut off from the rest of the family. Colomba Leddi from Milan, Stefano Poletti from Paris, Akira from Sydney, Christine Birkle from Berlin (Hut-up), and a special designer of utility wear from Italy showed here. next time we will have Aurore Thibout with us too.

collectionwindow

my collection was too big really.

leafprintsonsofa

next time I have to edit myself

collectionrack

summer is easier to do minimally. one dress shape for a start! it just has to be the right shape, that’s more difficult. for the knits, it’s having a wide enough choice so that shops give me a decent size order.

marche

I loved being in this apartment, it’s perfect for my fantasy life of being a writer/painter who lives in Paris. the owners are about my age, intellectuals – the whole end wall is books – and I like the art they have collected/painted (there’s a used big studio easel)

posters

and an interesting mix of industrial

industrial

comfortable, and old.

dress

3 Comments

  1. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Will you be doing any scarves in the future? I own one of your cashmere scares (w/ sequin ends)–I love it and get lots of compliments every time I wear it.

  2. I do scarves every season, if you check out my retail outlets on the website and ask some of them you should find something. or have a look at what’s on the website and get in touch with me.

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