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.