The wildest of palettes, discover our plain fabrics!
Watch out, the solid colors are out!
I have always been keen to offer you full, bold colors. You may not know this, but if I named my brand Maison Fauve, it was not originally to pay homage to the majestic felines, but in reference to an artistic movement born at the beginning of the 20th century: Fauvism . This pictorial movement is characterized by a simplification of forms in favor of color. Terribly modern and controversial, the Fauve artists used pure colors, in a radical, contrasting way and out of step with reality.
The Maison Fauve palette
So it was only natural that the fabric collections I was going to create for Maison Fauve would reflect this. I really love color, patterns, and color-blocking is a superb playground for creating silhouettes. It's not necessarily about transforming into a bird of paradise (although I can sometimes be a fan of explosive mix-and-match!), but simply about livening up an outfit with a burst of color.
Green as a lucky charm
We have two shades of green in our collection: the very summery Very Green , infused with a hint of yellow, and the Beetle Green , muted and magnificently deep.
Very Green
The perfect bosses
SoHo dress , Salto top , Brooklyn pants
Green Beetle
The perfect bosses
Primrose dress , Soliflore dress (collarless version) , Cicadella blouse
The pink rising to the cheeks
What's brighter than neon pink ?! It's like a burst of color that will brighten up your look, and will pair just as well with white during the day as with black at night.
Rose Shocking
The perfect bosses
Combi Luz (pants version thanks to the free extension) , Haut Vol dress , Grand Bain shorts
A lemon-flavored yellow
It radiates like sunshine and energizes your sewing, our beautiful Yellow Fizz is unparalleled for summer.
Yellow Fizz
The perfect bosses
Luz playsuit , Haut Vol dress , Salto top
Purple Rain
Purple is a radical color, to say the least. I missed it for a long time before finding the shade that appealed to me, with a hint of red to make it warm.
Ultra Violet
The perfect bosses
SoHo dress (summer version thanks to the free extension) , Chelsea blouse , Transat dress
An ocean-colored dress
Moods can be as changeable as the sky and the sea, so I chose two shades of blue to suit my moods: a Lagoon Blue like the southern seas, and a Cobalt Blue , pure and bold, like a nod to the works of Yves Klein.
Blue Lagoon
The perfect bosses
Deckchair dress , high-flying dress
Cobalt Blue
The perfect bosses
Byzance Top , Haut Vol Dress , SoHo Dress
Let's talk fabric
To use this palette on fabric, I chose viscose twill : it has a magnificent movement, drapes nicely, irons very well (which is ideal for the patterns I like to create, based on pleats, darts and other fancies hihihi), and I selected a fabric with a sufficient weight (200g/m2) in order to have a nice opacity and to be able to be sewn as well for blouses and tops as for dresses, shorts or pants.
Plain fabrics allow you to highlight the construction details of a sewing pattern, allowing you to better "read" a garment. They can be the star of your outfit, but they can also be paired with prints, echoing an element of the pattern. And to complement your hand-sewn creations, we've developeda range of buttons that match our fabrics.
Maison Fauve's upcoming Spring /Summer collection will be arriving very soon, with new colors to enrich this palette. And since I'm a person full of contradictions, it's possible that pastels will make an appearance... Alongside a new bold color, of course ;)
