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Pattern
Every design begins on paper at the cutting table. We draft the neckline to within a millimetre of the wearer.
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Atelier — est. 2012
Fourteen years later, each Choker piece still begins at a cutting table in that same first-floor atelier. One pattern, one length of velvet, one pair of hands.
Our language is restraint as refinement. Softness as statement. Luxury as something you feel — never something you perform.
A short history
Founder 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.
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.
“The neck is where the body speaks first. We simply give it a voice.”
— Amélie Vaugirard, Founder
Responsibility
Recycled silver & gold — traceable, assayed in Paris.
Pieces per collection. No dead stock. Ever.
Synthetic velvet. Only European silk velvet, naturally dyed.
Years of repair-for-life on every signed piece.
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