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Beige silk draped in soft folds, catching daylight
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fittings by daylight only

Cloth, not campaign.

Silk, cotton, lace. Measured, not sized. Never photographed.A lingerie atelier with a window, a table, and two people who sew. Fittings happen by daylight because that's the light you'll wear it in. Nothing we make appears in a picture.

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01 · The cloth

Three cloths. Held to the window.

16 momme
weight of the silk · heavier than most
LaceLeavers · cotton · 1.4 m/h
CottonVoile · 60 g/m² · washed twice
SilkCharmeuse · 16 momme · sandwashed
Silk. Sixteen momme.Heavier than the silk in shops, so it hangs instead of clinging. Sandwashed once, which is the finish that survives a life.
Linen curtains beside an open window, warm daylight coming through
02 · The atelier

Two people, one window.

2

fittings. The first with paper, the second with the cloth.

6

weeks from the tape to the box. Faster if you're not fussy. You should be.

1

pair of hands on each piece. The person who measured you sews it.

0

photographs. Not of the pieces, not of you, not for the site. This is the site.

A cotton lace edge on cream cloth in soft light

No campaign. Just the cloth.

Nobody is going to wear this on a billboard. It's made for one person, to that person's measurements, in cloth they held up to the window. The cloth is the campaign.

The pieces

What we make.

Three shapes, each in three cloths. Everything is to measure, so the price is the starting point, not the number.

Silk · cotton · laceThe slipBias cut, to the knee or the floor

The piece people come for. Two fittings. Straps set to your shoulders, not a chart.

From £380
Silk · cottonThe setSoft cup, no wire, matched brief

Measured under the bust and across the back, which is where sizes lie. Six weeks.

From £260
Cotton · laceThe camisoleStraight cut, lace at the hem or not

The one for daylight. Washed cotton voile, cut so it doesn't need ironing and looks better if you don't.

From £190
Process

How a piece gets made.

Six weeks, two fittings, one window. Here's what happens in between.

Hands adjusting a lace edge on cream cloth
Wk 0
Tape, window, paperForty minutes. Measurements taken by daylight, written in pencil, kept in a drawer with your name on it.
Wk 1
Cloth chosenHeld to the window, not looked at on a table. Silk changes colour by the hour. So will you.
Wk 3
Toile fittingThe piece in calico first. Pins go in. The pattern changes. This is the fitting that matters.
Wk 5
The cloth, sewnOne person, one machine, French seams. The lace goes on by hand because machines pull it.
Wk 6
Last fitting, then the boxYou try it in the window. If something's wrong, it stays another week. Then tissue, box, no logo.
Fittings

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Mornings and early afternoons, when the light's flat and honest. Forty minutes, no charge, no obligation to order. Bring nothing. Wear something you can take off in front of a window.

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