“Your everyday life deserves excellence.”
JACKET & COAT
Claire Châtaigner’s favorite piece is the sleeved jacket and coat. This piece requires the highest degree of technical skill and craftsmanship, but is above all else in the wardrobe or dressing room: the most distinctive, decisive at first glance and repeated season after season. It gives the silhouette its allure!
THE MATADOR ALLIGATOR BOLERO
The Alligator Matador bolero pays homage to the animal’s skin, reproduced in 450 hours of embroidery, thanks to pierced and embroidered shells (patelles) accompanied by sequins, pearls and metallic threads. It was presented to the press, paraded and exhibited in the Salons Particuliers du Bon Marché for Rossy de Palma’s Olé Olé theme in 2023.
CEREMONIAL DRESS
The ceremonial gown is designed with simple, pure lines, combining the codes of French elegance.
THE MARGUERITE DRESS
A unique dress for a unique event. The wedding gown is designed and made according to the customer’s wishes and identity, using exclusively French silks and lace.
The Marguerite dress serves as a tribute to Marguerite Boucicaut, who, alongside her husband Aristide, founded Le Bon Marché. Inspired by both the delicate petals of a flower and the feathered plumage of geese from Marguerite’s childhood, the dress also bears the name of Claire’s maternal great-grandmother—a milliner, dressmaker, and patron of Le Bon Marché in the early 20th century. Crafted meticulously over a year, the dress features intricate paper sculptures by artist Anne Féat Gaiss, enhanced with epoxy varnish, and delicate pearl embroidery by Linh Huong. Since 2022, it has graced the “Listes de mariage et d’exception” space at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche, displayed on a bust from Carmen Lucini’s historic bodythèque, celebrating the diversity of human form.
THE MAMI WATA DRESS
The Mami Wata dress pays homage, with its braided and embroidered hair on cotton tulle adorned with Berry rooster feathers and wooden skulls embellished with Swarovski eyes, to the eponymous West African vodou deity. This creation, meticulously crafted over two and a half months, draws inspiration from an encounter at Marc & Marie Luce Arbogast’s Château Vodou in Strasbourg in 2014, where the deity is prominently featured. Presented during Paris Fashion Week in July of the same year, under the theme “Noirs effets” at Maison Champs Elysées in Paris, the dress captivates with its blend of cultural homage and artistic craftsmanship.
