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Loulou Studio
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Loulou Studio

Country
France
Founded
2018
Founder
Léonie Hostettler, Anaïs Lafarge
Loulou Studio was founded in 2018 in Paris by twin sisters Charlotte and Lou de Saint-Jorre as a contemporary womenswear ready-to-wear label specifically focused on what they described as 'investment-piece-anchored Parisian-luxury essentials.' The brand's foundational thesis was specific: produce a deliberately small, deliberately edited collection of cashmere, wool, silk, and leather pieces at a contemporary luxury price tier (€400-€2,000) with the editorial focus on each season being a small curated edit of investment pieces rather than a broad seasonal collection. The Loulou Studio vocabulary settled around several recurring elements: oversized cashmere knit cardigans and pullovers in Italian-mill cashmere, deliberately-slouchy wool trousers and tailored jackets, silk-and-modal slip dresses in soft palettes, the brand's iconic 'Bocas' fringed scarf, and a colour palette anchored to ivory, soft-pink, bone, charcoal, washed-black, navy, and the brand's recurring use of taupe-and-camel tones. The brand's product photography — anchored to soft-natural-light editorial-shot home interiors and Parisian-apartment settings — has been a defining visual force in the brand's Instagram-and-direct-to-consumer marketing voice. The brand is independent and held by the de Saint-Jorre sisters. Loulou Studio operates a flagship retail concept in Paris (Rue de Charonne, the brand's home street) plus international wholesale through SSENSE, MATCHES, Net-a-Porter, Mytheresa, Lane Crawford, the Webster, Holt Renfrew, and a curated set of luxury specialty retailers globally. The brand has been one of the more quietly successful examples of post-2015 Parisian-anchored 'quiet luxury' womenswear, with the deliberately-edited investment-piece approach specifically anchoring the brand inside the broader 'quiet-luxury' conversation that has been rewritten since 2022.

Timeline4

  1. 2018

    Loulou Studio founded in Paris

    Léonie Hostettler and Anaïs Lafarge launch Loulou Studio focusing on elevated essentials.

  2. 2019

    Bordone cashmere coat hit

    The oversized Bordone cashmere coat becomes the brand's breakout signature piece.

  3. 2020

    Net-a-Porter launch

    Loulou Studio launches on Net-a-Porter, expanding internationally.

  4. 2022

    Cult quiet-luxury favorite

    Brand emerges as a defining quiet-luxury label alongside Toteme and Khaite.

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