Crafts
Nelly Saunier's featherweight creations
Maître d’art, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and winner of the Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand, Nelly Saunier is a plumassière, a feather artist. In her Paris studio, she deconstructs and reconstructs nature. Plumassière.[…]
Chanel’s fragrance coffret favors feathers and crystal
For its new coffret, Beige et les Maisons d’art, Chanel called on French crystal maker Baccarat and feather artisan Maison Lemarié. Beige et les Maisons d’Art is the second of Chanel’s limited-edition coffrets highlighting the work of French[…]
Green materials shortlisted at LVMH Innovation Awards 2020
Traditionally held during the Vivatech trade show in Paris, the LVMH Innovation Awards were digitally broadcast due to the cancellation of the show's June 2020 edition. From among the 30 finalists, we highlight three start-ups offering novel[…]
Lalique unveils 2020 Hirondelles collector’s edition
The sapphire blue collector’s edition of crystal maker Lalique’s famed Hirondelles flacon celebrates the 100th anniversary of Réné Lalique’s villa in Wingen-sur-Mer in France. Four glassmakers were needed to create the body of the 20ml flacon,[…]
Glencairn’s sapphire-studded decanter
Glenfarclas has launched the latest and final addition to its Pagoda Reserve Series: Pagoda Sapphire Reserve, a 63-year-old single malt whisky housed in a jewel encrusted decanter. Scotland’s Glencairn Crystal crafted the decanter, as it did for[…]
Cire Trudon launches L’Oeuf fragrance diffuser
French candlemaker Cire Trudon has launched L’Oeuf, an egg-shaped cabinets of curiosities-style diffuser made of bisque porcelain and turned wood. “There is a demand for objects that perfume in a passive manner, in other words, without a flame.[…]
Interview
Artoria talks ceramics innovation for luxury
Limoges-based manufacturer Artoria, specialized in the production of precious ceramic bottles, has several developments in the pipeline. Artoria’s general manager Farid Zaidi tells us more. Already at the helm of porcelain manufacturer Kaoline,[…]
Atelier Dynale: Fabrics with soul
Only a handful of workshops specialized in bespoke textile finishing remain in France, and Atelier Dynale, French Living Heritage certified since 2013, is one of these. Season after season, couture brands call on the Atelier’s unique raw[…]
Tolkien tapestries: between modernity & tradition
If the tapestry craft has gained significant visibility in both fashion and decoration circles in recent years in France, it is in great part due to the influence of the Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie in Aubusson, the nerve center of this[…]
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Key Figures
18%
The drop in value in the French premium fragrance market, which stood at €1.21bn year-to-date end October 2020. However, the selective beauty market as a whole declined 22%. Source: The NPD Group