Materials
Before a garment takes shape, there is the material: its weight, texture, movement and memory.
A bolt of fabric arrives at the atelier long before any pattern is cut. It is unrolled, held to the light, folded and unfolded — read, almost, the way one reads a page.
Wool holds structure. Linen softens with wear and grows more honest over time. Silk satin catches light without ever giving all of it back. Each material has its own temperament, and a garment only works when the cut respects it rather than fighting it.
This is why we choose fabric first, and silhouette second. The material tells us what it is willing to become — a coat that wants to stand on its own, a dress that wants to move freely — long before we decide anything else.