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.