Creating a confidential collection isn't about dressing the many — it's about giving shape to a precise vision, piece by piece. The silk you choose carries that vision as much as your pattern or your cut. Here are the criteria I discuss with the designers who come to the showroom.

Weight, above all

The same word "silk" can weigh two or three times as much depending on the weave. An evening piece that needs to fall in fluid movement calls for light Mulberry silk; a structured piece, coat or jacket style, pairs better with denser Tussar silk, almost textured like fine linen. Weight is felt before it's seen — which is why I always have people touch the fabric before any decision.

Drape, according to the cut

A bias cut calls for silk that slides and follows the body — Mulberry or satin Benares. A structured, voluminous cut tolerates, even seeks out, a stiffer material — block-printed Tussar or Eri. Drape is never just a matter of taste; it's a matter of construction.

Colour, natural or worked

Some of my silks are dyed in deep colours, others remain strictly natural — ecru, cream, almost raw. For a collection asserting a strong couture gesture, worked colour catches the eye; for a collection seeking authenticity and raw material, natural often imposes itself.

How a showroom selection works

Nothing replaces meeting in person. In a private appointment, we start from your project — the garment, the emotion you're after, the season — and I present the fabrics that answer it, piece in hand. It's a dialogue, not a catalogue.

Preparing a collection and looking for the silk to carry it? Book a showroom appointment. Prenez rendez-vous en showroom.