Aurelia Paumelle

Aure­lia Pau­melle is a one-woman brand focu­sing on arti­sa­nal garment pro­duc­tion uti­li­sing tra­di­tio­nal tai­lo­ring methods, inclu­ding hand-dra­wing, pro­to­ty­ping and hand-cut­ting. Her entire col­lec­tions are crea­ted in her bou­tique ate­lier based in Prenz­lauer Berg and toge­ther with a small ate­lier in Poland. Her desi­gns are crea­ted with per­so­nal­ly sour­ced, fair­ly-tra­ded, dead-stock fabrics and indi­vi­dual gar­ments she dis­co­vers at flea­mar­kets, and vin­tage stores, upcy­cling them into new crea­tions. She has not dis­clo­sed how the mate­rials are manufactured.

Aure­lia avoids using vir­gin mate­rials, focu­sing on dead-stock fabrics and upcy­cling. Ins­tead, she uses a mix of natu­ral mate­rials and syn­the­tics that have been fair­ly tra­ded. By upcy­cling vin­tage and second-hand clo­thing, she also reduces her envi­ron­men­tal impact.

Both her desi­gn and packa­ging choices are made with cir­cu­la­ri­ty in mind. Aure­lia reclaims old packa­ging boxes from neigh­bou­ring shops and ful­ly upcycles all fabric scraps into beau­ti­ful bags and jackets.

All indi­vi­dual gar­ments are crea­ted per­so­nal­ly and in-house or in a small ate­lier in the near­by Polish city of Szesc­zin. The dead-stock fabrics are all per­so­nal­ly sour­ced through one, Pari­sian-based sup­plier. Vin­tage gar­ments and haber­da­she­ry are sour­ced in Berlin.

Aure­lia incor­po­rates upcy­cled lea­ther by using vin­tage and second-hand lea­ther jackets. In addi­tion, her wool­len fabrics are recy­cled and of Euro­pean origin.

Aurelia’s desi­gns are made-to-last, excep­tio­nal­ly tai­lo­red and made of pre­mium mate­rials. With appro­priate care, the pieces can be enjoyed for many years.

Aure­lia does not dis­close her sup­pliers and can­not ful­ly trace her tex­tiles to their ori­gins. She desi­gns, creates and packages all gar­ments herself.