The Maison began on a Tuesday in March. One cutting table on the first floor of 12 Rue des Petits Champs, one bolt of Lyon velvet, and one founder who had quit a job at Dior to work at it alone. By Friday, her first piece — a single ribbon on an antique brass claw — was on the neck of a stranger.
Fourteen years later, every piece we make still begins on that same table. Nothing we sell has been made at scale. Nothing has been made in a factory. Nothing has been made without six pairs of hands touching it.
— A. VAUGIRARD, FOUNDER
Nº 01 · Timeline
Amélie Vaugirard opens a private atelier on Rue des Petits Champs. The first piece — a single ribbon of Lyon velvet — sells the same afternoon.
Our signature sculpted collar in sterling and Michoacán obsidian appears in AnOther. Maison Choker is archived at the Palais Galliera.
A second address — by appointment only — opens on Crosby Street. Bespoke consultations triple in a season.
Our most private commission series. Ten pieces a year, each with a paper dossier of sketches and a signed numeric plaque.
After fourteen years of paper catalogues, the Maison opens its digital salon. Same hands. Same small batches.
Nº 02 · Craft
Every design begins on paper at the cutting table. We draft the neckline to within a millimetre of the wearer.
Velvet is hand-cut with a bone blade against the pile — a technique borrowed from 19th century couture houses.
Silk thread, 14 stitches per centimetre, finished on the reverse. The piece looks as considered inside as out.
Hardware is cast in our partner atelier in the 11e — recycled 14k rose gold and 925 silver, nothing else.
Stones are seated by hand — no adhesive, only claw and pressure. Obsidian, onyx, black spinel.
A numbered plaque is hand-stamped and sewn into the reverse. We keep the register for generations.
FROM THE FOUNDER
— AMÉLIE VAUGIRARD · FOUNDER
Nº 03 · Responsibility