New bags!

  Spring Floral Gigi purse

Sunshine Floral Gigi purse

 Multifloral Fifi clutch

 Happy Blooms Fifi clutch 

 Stars and Hearts Fifi clutch

Several new Gigi purses and Fifi clutches are now in the shop.
I really like pairing different prints together and thought it was working quite well with the Gigis, so I tried again this time, matching a cute Liberty print to two different tie silks. I like the contrast of texture too...

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Plusieurs nouvelles pochettes Gigi et Fifi sont maintenant disponibles dans la boutique. J'aime vraiment jouer à combiner différents imprimés ensemble et je trouvais que ça marchait bien avec les Gigis, alors cette fois-ci j'ai assortit un cotton Liberty très mignon à deux différentes soies  à cravate. J'aime aussi beaucoup le contraste de textures...

BHLDN

all images via BHLDN

Have you heard of BHLDN, pronounced "Beholden", meaning "to keep" in Dutch? It's a new e-shop for everything wedding (related to fashion that is), brought by the team behind Anthropologie. 

Well, it opened on Monday, and everything look absolutely beautiful!!! Some of their products could also really work for non wedding related parties. They even have gorgeous lingerie and some lovely shoes that I wouldn't mind wearing every day:)

Unfortunately, they only ship to the USA and Canada at the moment, but one can only hope they will extend shipping very soon... 

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Avez-vous entendu parler de BHLDN, prononcé «beholden», qui signifie «garder»en néerlandais? Il s'agit d'une nouvele e-boutique dédiée à l'univers du mariage (mode et accessoires), crée par l'équipe derrière Anthropologie.

Eh bien, ils ont ouvert lundi, et tout y est absolument ravissant! Certains de leurs produits pourraient également aussi marcher pour des fêtes et soirées.

Il y a même de la superbe lingerie et de très belles chaussures que ça ne me dérangerait pas porter tous les jours:)

Malheureusement, ils n'expédient qu' aux Etats-Unis et au Canada pour le moment,mais on peut toujours espérer qu'ils étendront leur portée très bientôt ...

In the palm of your hand...

I couldn't resist sharing with you this gorgeous treasury created by vintage seller Thrush.
So cute!

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Je ne pouvais pas résister à partager avec vous ce superbe "treasury" (ou collection de petits trésors)  créé par la vendeuse "Thrush", specialisée dans le vintage. Trop mignon!

Winter Sale!

Winter sale now on, up to 50%off  on selected items in my Etsy shop!

The Bold Peacock Lili clutch (as pictured), will be reduced only until Jan31st (while stock lasts)!!!

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Les soldes d'hiver ont commencé dans ma boutique sur Etsy, jusqu'à 50% de réduction sur certains articles! 

La pochette Bold Peacock Lili  (comme sur la photo), sera réduite uniquement jusqu'au 31 janvier (jusqu'à épuisement du stock)!

Christian Lacroix for Le livre de Poche

Love this book cover collection illustrated by Christian Lacroix, for Le livre de Poche

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J'aime beaucoup cette collection de couvertures de livre illustrées par Christian Lacroix pour Le livre de Poche

Alexandra Diez de Rivera

I discovered her work via Daily Candy last week, and my first thought was " Wow, how fun and unusual!"
Alexandra Diez de Rivera, a Central St. Martins graduate based in Shanghai, "embarked in [The Alternative Portrait Project in 2007]  suggesting an alternative portrait where more than the mere appearance of a subject was revealed"


Several images of the same people (sometimes in different settings) can be merged into one same photo, creating fanciful atmospheres, and somewhat hallucinating, with a welcome touch of irony.
What a breath of fresh air for usually boring family portraits!

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J'ai découvert son travail à travers Daily Candy la semaine dernière, et ma première pensée a été: «Waw, des photos fun et insolites!"

Alexandra Diez de Rivera, une  diplômée de Central Saint Martins, vivant à Shanghai, s’est "embarquée dans [Le projet Portrait Alternatif en 2007], proposant un portrait alternatif où plus que la simple apparence du sujet est révélée»

Plusieurs images d’une même personne (parfois dans des contextes différents) peuvent être fusionnées en une seule photo, créant ainsi des ambiances fantasques, et parfois un peu hallucinantes, avec une touche d'ironie qui n'est pas pour me déplaire.  .

Quel souffle d'air frais pour les portraits de famille, que je trouve d’habitue si ennuyeuses!

all images via Alexandra Diez de Rivera

A giveaway to start the year!

I just listed the Happy Blooms Fifi clutch in my shop and will list some more designs in the next few weeks.

Did you know the Fifi clutch was inspired by my little sister? (A lively young girl with an iresisitible smile!)

To celebrate this newest addition to the bagatelles family (and for a good start to the New Year!) here’s a chance to win your own little Fifi clutch!
Get 15 of your friends to become new “fans” of bagatelles&co on facebook before January 16 January 23 and you will receive the Fifi clutch of your choice for FREE!

Enjoy!!!

Giveaway rules: once you have your 15 friends, either send me the list as a comment here or on facebook or by email along the clutch of your choice. I will then send you a paypal invoice to cover shipping costs, and the clutch will be yours!

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Un nouveau modèle est maintenant dans ma boutique: la pochette Fifi Happy Blooms; et j’aurais de nouveaux designs au cours des semaines prochaines.

Au fait, saviez-vous que j’étais inspirée par ma petite soeur pour créer la ligne “Fifi”? (c’est une jeune fille très vivante au sourire irrésistible!)

Pour célébrer cette nouvelle venue dans la famille bagatelles (et pour bien commencer la Nouvelle Année!), voici une occasion de gagner votre propre petite pochette Fifi!

Pour participer: parrainez 15 de vos ami(e)s pour devenir "fans" de bagatelles & co sur

facebook avant le 16 janvier 23 janvier et vous recevrez EN CADEAU une pochette de la gamme "Fifi" de votre choix!

Règles du jeu: une fois que vous avez vos 15 ami(e)s, vous pouvez soit écrire la liste de leurs noms en commentaire ici ou sur facebook soit me l’envoyer par email, ainsi que votre choix de pochette. Je vous enverrai ensuite une facture paypal pour couvrir les frais d’envoi, et ça y est, la pochette sera vôtre!

bagatelles&co in Metro!!!

The Festive Bouquet Gigi purse made it to the Best of the Web special of Metro in December, via All Things Original
Yay!!! I couldn't believe it! (For those who don't live in the UK, Metro is the free newspaper distributed everyday in all underground and rail stations across the country, so it's pretty big...!)

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La petite pochette Festive Bouquet Gigi fait partie de l’artcicle special “meilleur du web” de Metro en Decembre, via All Things Original

Yeah! Je ne pouvais pas y croire! (Pour ceux qui ne vivent pas au Royaume-Uni, Metro est le journal quotidien gratuit distribué dans toutes les stations de métro et gares à travers le pays, c’est donc quelque chose ...!)

Happy New Year!!!

                                            image hello sandwich via Pinterest


Happy 2011!!!
Wishing you all a warm and lovely new year, with sunshine and happiness!!!

2010 was an amazing year, lots of things happened in the past 6-7 months and I can't wait to see what 2011 brings for bagatelles&co!
I was able to quit my part-time freelancing job last spring and to devote more time to bagatelles&co. There was a lot of hard work involved but it was all worth it in the end:)
New designs and projects are in sight for 2011, the new year promises to be exciting!

And now, for the resolutions, as it is the custom!
I will do my best not to neglect this little blog and to spend more time on it. Also, and from now on, I'm re-introducing a french version below the english text since many of you are francophone...

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En vous souhaitant  a tous une merveilleuse nouvelle année ensoleillée, avec bonheur et plein de bonnes choses!

2010 a été une année incroyable, beaucoup de choses se sont passées dans les 6-7 derniers mois et j’ai hâte de voir ce que 2011 apporte a bagatelles & co!

J'ai pu quitter mon mi-temps au printemps dernier et donc consacrer plus de temps pour bagatelles & co. Il y a eu beaucoup de boulot, mais ça valait vraiment le coup.

J’ai pas mal de nouveaux projets et de nouveaux designs en vue pour 2011, la nouvelle année promet d'être passionnante!

Et maintenant, pour les résolutions, comme c'est la coutume!

Je ferai de mon mieux de ne pas négliger ce petit blog et d’y passer plus de temps. En outre, et à partir de maintenant, je re-introduit une version française en dessous du texte anglais, car après tout beaucoup d'entre vous sont francophones...

Lanvin for H&M

Love, love, love Lanvin collection for H&M!!! In store from today (... and I'm sure will sold out very soon!)

images all H&M

Festive tartan and a giveaway at Rue!

Already this time of the year when it feels so good wrapping ourselves in a warm plaid and swapping florals for tartan! That's a nice thing about winter!
The Tartan Gigi purse was featured in the holiday issue of  Rue magazine. Rue is an inspirational design magazine launched this summer by founders Crystal Gentilello and Anne Sage.

And guess what! There's also a chance to win a bagatelles & co goody of your choice with a $55 gift certificate as a giveaway!!! For details, check out page 295 of Rue magazine.

Almost 500!!!

Hurray! bagatelles&co’s etsy shop is approaching its 500th sale!!! Yay!

Thank you all for your trust and support in bagatelles&co!!!

We want to celebrate with you by offering our 500^th sale for free!

How does it work?

The lucky buyer who gets our 500th sale at www.bagatellesandco.etsy.com will get 100% refund for their purchase:

* Valid for the 500th sold item only (not for the whole order if you buy more than 1 item)

*Refund will exclude shipping cost

*Refund will be issued to you via paypal within 24 hours from your purchase

*To benefit from this offer, the transaction must be completed with payment due right away (this is the only way to make sure you are the 500^th)

bagatelles&co in Get Married magazine!

Hello!
Thank you all for your lovely messages about my etsy featured seller interview!!!
It's been a blast!
While I'm trying to catch up with orders, here is a nice feature of my Confetti Lili clutch on the Winter issue of Get Married magazine!
This clutch is now sold out but I still have 3 left of the coordinated Gigi purse. This is a very popular one, so I expect it to go fast...

Etsy featured seller!!!

Heee yes it's bagatelles&co's turn to be the featured seller on Etsy today!
Thank you Etsy!

I was quite thrilled when I received the news from etsy admin this summer. So exciting to be part of this great feature! I read each interview and have always been inspired and motivated by previous artists featured. It is an honour!
The hardest thing was to keep quiet all this time! Pheww...

New collection!

Et voila! The new collection is now ready. I already listed some of my new designs in my etsy shop, but there's more to come over the next few days....
For this season, I'm introducing new sizes:

• the Kitty mini coin purse, the tiniest of all.
• the Fifi medium clutch, a smaller alternative to the Lili, coming with pleats or simple.
• the Lizzy clutch bag, a roundish bag, inspired by the twenties, with an additional chain strap.

Kitty mini purse

Fifi clutch

 Fifi clutch

Lizzy clutch bag

Photos credits:

Photographer: Emma Innocenti
Make-up Artist and Hair Stylist: Stephanie Stokkvik
Model: Zoe
Styling: me

Back to blogging!

Oh la la, it's already been three months since I last posted in this blog.
I got litterally overwhelmed by the growing amount of projects and as my shop was also getting busier, I completely lost track of this little blog. As the time passed, I found it more and more difficult to come back to it...
But I was missing it, and now that I managed to improve my organization and sort out a few work things, I'm back to it, and this time I hope more seriously!

So since July, lots of wonderful things have happened:
I became an aunt for the first time (yay!), have been designing and cutting a range of outfits for a new doll clothing company (will be posting some images as soon as their website is completed), my little shop was featured in a number of lovely blogs (thank you so much to all the blog owners who liked my work), as well as in Daily Candy (re-yay!) and have been working on a new collection and organized another photo shoot...
While when starting this company, I knew it would require a lot of work, I must admit I wasn't prepared for so much work! This past year, I became not only designer, but also seamstress, product photographer, marketer, pr, accountant, merchandiser, sales manager,  and so on!!! It has been really great to learn more about all these fields and feel very grateful, even though I find it difficult at times to juggle them all...
I realized I needed to organize much more my work as well as my work space, and try to do one thing at a time in order not to stress out too much!

And now, here is a sneak peek preview of behind the scenes of our shoot last week:

Stella McCartney resort collection

Stella Mc Cartney Resort 2011 via Nancy Z (images from Style.com)

I love the contrast of the big bold retro flowers and the ultra neat and sharp cut. It makes for a very strong statement! I wouldn't say no to a few of them!

Happy Fete de la Bastille!

Today is Bastille Day, and it's bank holiday in France. I remember when I was living in Paris that every fireman station was holding a great party on Bastille Day eve and these parties were somewhat the talk of many many young (single) Parisienne! I never attended one myself, but I did go to a "Bal populaire" on the Place de la Bastille (where the famous jail used to be). There would be accordionists and other musicians dressed like in the 30s playing typical Bal musette songs, and people would dance and dance around all night... Many people would go dressed in retro attires or even wear the little cocardes (little paper/fabric flowers with blue/white and red stripes). And of course, all this would be followed by beautiful fireworks on Bastille Day!

I came across this amazing work on Design Therapy. The artist exploded and contained live fireworks on paper, resulting in burtst of saturated color overlapping into abstract compositions.

Check out Design Therapy for images of artist Rosemarie Fiore in action and a video where she explains her process.

I could really see this as stunning prints on silk!!!

Happy Happy!

Lanvin bridal book

My friend's wedding was a great success! And I finished the dress on time, yeah! I was a bit stressed that it wouldn't fit perfectly as my friend is pregnant and we couldn't know for sure what would be her exact measurements... But as it happened, our guess and calculations proved right, and the dress fitted perfectly! The bustier part is in fact a "corset" type of bustier, with boning and interfacing to shape it and support the chest. The outer fabric is a beautiful handpainted tulle; I used meters and meters of it!

Sneak peek of the work in progress in my studio.... This is the slip with petticoat, realised with tons of cream and white tulle. It was quite a thing to cut it all and sew it together on my small sewing machine!

I'm back in London now and working on several new projects, including some new bag designs for this autumn...