The House
'Zadig&Voltaire is a manufactory that produces design.'
The whole secret of the House lies in this sentence: a sensory approach to creation that begins with uncompromising standards for materials. Cashmere and its exclusive loose knit, Japanese satin and its carefully worked 'flou', leather crinkled using a technique that belongs to the House alone.
Then comes the detail, slightly devilish: it hides in the lining of every jacket, in delicate embroidery that lifts a knit, in a bag that goes from day to night. At Zadig&Voltaire, style is an integral part of the leather goods savoir-faire.
The studio
At the House's design studio, pattern makers draw pieces designed to fall just right. Fittings take place on site: the studio corrects the slightest detail with an expert eye.
A piece's strength lies in three things: the pleasure of touch, the well-being of the person wearing it, and a style like no other.
With each collection, the studio blends fresh ideas with Zadig&Voltaire style and carries on its original vision. By constantly rewriting its own history, the House keeps a continuity that people recognise themselves in: its pieces have become timeless, and the 'ZV Tribe' takes them up to create its own style.
A Zadig&Voltaire piece is judged by hand first. Here are the materials and workshop techniques that define the House's signature.
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'Feather cashmere' is a yarn specially designed by the House, made of long cashmere fibres chosen for their quality and fineness. Spun 'semi-combed', it takes on an irregular look that brings out the softness of the material and gives the piece its casual feel.
Zadig&Voltaire cashmeres are also recognisable by their 'loose knit', an open stitch that makes them airy, almost a second skin.
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A strength and signature of the House, 'intarsia' is a modern and highly complex knitting technique that requires long production times.
The whole difficulty lies in the motif, knitted directly into the jumper: no extra thickness, no threads on the reverse of the motif.
The pieces
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'Crinkled leather' is an exclusive Zadig&Voltaire savoir-faire. It takes several days of work to cut and then assemble the leather for a shirt, a jacket or a pair of trousers.
It says everything about the House's taste for opposites: the softness of the skin and the crinkled effect, for a deceptively careless look.
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Japanese satin is woven from delicate, extremely fine threads. Born of a unique and complex manufacturing process, it has rare fluidity and lightness.
Shiny to the eye, it has a silk-like feel in the hand: it is the material of the House's dresses and camisoles. It can be machine washed on a delicate programme at 20° maximum, or by hand, is left to dry in the open air and is smoothed out with steam.
At Zadig&Voltaire, style begins with touch.
