You are read, before you are heard.
Image consulting for executives · Paris 8th
For those who lead, image is not a matter of aesthetics: it is a decision. I build yours in half a day, at your office or on avenue Hoche, and, should you wish, I dress your whole team, from the partners to reception.
01 · Image consulting
Why image consulting, when you lead?
In the boardroom, facing an investor, at the lectern or on screen, you are read before you are heard. My work is to tune what your silhouette says before you speak: a shoulder that holds, a cloth that stays crisp from one meeting to the next, a colour that serves your complexion and your position.
Since 2005 I have worked with men and women who lead, with business lawyers and entrepreneurs, in French or in English. I build a whole wardrobe rather than a single piece: the bespoke suit for your working days, the bespoke shirt that goes with it, bespoke tailoring for women who lead.
02 · The Signature Session
What is the Signature Session?
A private half-day, at your office or on avenue Hoche, to define your image and begin your wardrobe. It unfolds in four stages.
- The eyeyour silhouette, your posture, what you already wear, and what your diary demands: board meetings, hearings, travel, dinners.
- The linecolours, cuts, proportions. What serves your position stays; what works against it is said plainly.
- The wardrobethe pieces that are missing, in the order in which they matter, composed on your avatar from among 13,000 exceptional cloths.
- The first piecesthe measuring and your pattern; three to six weeks later, the final fitting at the atelier, pin in hand.
Its cost can be deducted from your purchases: the half-day becomes the first step of your wardrobe.
03 · Image consulting
Will the house come to your office?
Yes, when your schedule requires it. The Signature Session, the measuring and certain fittings take place at your office, at the hour your diary allows: the swatch books come to you, with the same exacting standards as at the atelier.
The final fitting takes place on avenue Hoche, between the Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau, Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7 pm. Passing through Paris between two flights? A first conversation by video call prepares the cloths; the measuring then fits into a single hour.
04 · Teams
How do you dress an entire team?
Partners, staff, reception: a house is known by those who represent it. I build a team's attire as I would a wardrobe, role by role, then carry it through to each person, to their own measure.
Each person has a role; other positions are added with a touch.
- Partners
- Associates
- Front desk
- The briefwith senior management: the image of the house, the roles, the occasions, the demands of upkeep.
- The prototypein the application, each role has its attire, side by side in the same scene. Management signs off on what it sees, before any cloth is cut.
- The measuringat your office: each person is measured and receives a pattern, kept in their name.
- The handoverfittings take place at your premises or at the atelier; each outfit is handed over in its wearer's name.
- What followsa new arrival joins the line without starting over; a repeat order is made on the existing pattern.
Terms for teams are set by agreement, according to the number of people and the collections chosen.
05 · A reference
Le Royal Monceau entrusts me with its teams
A short walk from avenue Hoche, Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris entrusts me with the attire of its teams: the hotel's valets, and the staff of its three restaurants, Il Carpaccio, Le Bar Long and Matsuhisa. Each member of staff has a record, measurements and attire in their own name; new arrivals join the line without starting over.
The teams I dress
- The hotelthe valets
- Il Carpacciorestaurant
- Le Bar Longbar
- Matsuhisarestaurant
Hotel, restaurant, luxury house: the same work is prepared in the application. Reception, concierge, valets, maîtres d'hôtel: each post has its attire, and a cloth can be laid on an entire role in a single gesture.
The card of a cloth lists everyone, with their role and their pieces.
- Reception
- Concierge
- Valets
- Maîtres d'hôtel
Your image begins with a look: book a private consultation.
Frequently asked questions
What we are asked
How much does the Signature Session cost?
The price of the Signature Session is set at the salon, according to its format and where it takes place. Its cost can then be deducted from your purchases: if the wardrobe we define together is made at the atelier, the half-day becomes the first step of that wardrobe. We will give you the exact figure at your private consultation.
Can you come to my office?
Yes, when your schedule requires it. The Signature Session, the measuring and certain fittings can take place at your office, at the hour that suits your diary. We bring the swatch books with us. The final fitting takes place at the atelier on avenue Hoche, pin in hand, for the last few millimetres.
Do you dress a company's teams?
Yes. Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris already entrusts me with the attire of its valets and of the teams of its three restaurants. In the application, I compose the attire for each role, side by side, before the first piece is cut; each member of staff is then measured and receives a pattern of their own, kept for new arrivals and repeat orders.
Is image consulting also for women who lead?
Yes. The Signature Session runs in exactly the same way for a woman executive: a style assessment, a targeted wardrobe, the first bespoke pieces. The trouser suit or skirt suit, the jacket alone, the coat and the shirt are made on a pattern created from your measurements, in the same exceptional cloths.