about bourgine
WE LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS THE LAST NEIGHBORHOOD COUTURIÈRE - the one who, NOT SO LONG AGO, YOU’D VISIT WITH ANTICIPATION TO ORDER YOUR SPECIAL NEW GARMENT.
IN JUST TWO WEEKS, YOUR PIECES WILL BE MANUFACTURED FROM SCRATCH, RIGHT HERE IN-HOUSE.
you can pick a standard size or opt for made-to-measure. In both cases, A PERSONALIZED NAMETAG WILL BE SEWN ONTO EACH GARMENT.
"bourgine"?
Bourgine is an ancient French family name and means "inhabitant of the village center". Cool coincidence, as we hold the strong belief that shops like ours are the heart of a city.
TEAM
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CAROLINE BOURGINE
I'm the founder and designer, and this is my team.
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DIANE BENMAOR
Pattern maker. She started as an intern in 2020 and worked her way up the Bourgine corporate ladder.
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JUSTINE GAIGNAULT
Head cutter, has been with us two years now. She's also a weaver!
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EVELYN COOK
Seamstress. She moved to Paris a couple years ago from her native America to become exactly that.
Since 2015, we have been working to create a true sewing workshop in Paris: a miniature manufacture.
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LUCIE FOREST
Lucie makes each of our knits, in Paris nonetheless.
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CHINE BENOIT
Our graphic designer. Best known for making our Paris guide + creating Père Nono.
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JULIA VELAZQUEZ
The best photographer around.
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NORMS
Shopcat. After 10 years of dutiful service, he now splits his time between rue Racine and Montmartre.
OUR COLLECTIONS ARE strongly rooted in costume history and are EACH INSPIRED BY A SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIME. We like to pick a character, REAL OR FICTIONAL, and to dress them for our times.
a few themes and personnalities we've explored: mai 68, George sand, Edward gorey, marie-antoinette, the moon, the incroyables & merveilleuses, venice, ozu's Japan, Paris 1900, Hollywood in the 1930s...
