One cloth at a time
No two commissions cut on the same day. The table belongs to one garment until it leaves it.
The Atelier
Two tailors, one long table, and a rule against rushing.
Thread Atelier is small on purpose. We take on a fixed number of commissions a season so every garment gets the table it needs.
The house opened in 2014 above a fabric merchant on Rue de Poitou. Camille had trained in a couture workroom and left it certain that clothing had grown too fast and too thin. The first collection was nine garments and a promise: cut only what we can cut properly.
Eleven years on, the rule still holds. A commission is measured, cut, and fitted three times by the same two hands that will finish it. We would rather turn a client away for the season than turn a garment out before it is right.
The house rules
The seam stays visible
We do not hide the work. Hand-stitching, pick-stitched edges, and a maker’s label you can read.
Cloth over trend
We choose the mill before we choose the shape. A season’s trend never outranks a good bolt of wool.
Repair before replace
Anything we make, we mend — for as long as you keep it. Bring it back; do not throw it out.
At the table
CR
Camille Rousseau
Head Cutter · Founder
IB
Idris Benali
Tailor · Bespoke
MV
Margaux Vidal
Shirting & Finishing
TL
Théo Lambert
Client Studio