Luxury fashion has become overly industrialised, so Chloé is expanding the number of its products handcrafted by independent artisans. All are made with the highest savoir-faire, using quality materials and techniques that cannot be mimicked by machinery, only mastered by the human hand. Chloé Craft promotes a return to craftsmanship and supports the creative value of each artisan through the exceptional limited edition pieces they create. Each Chloé Craft design is embossed with a signature spiral symbol.
A drawing by Chloé creative director Gabriela Hearst comes to life as an exceptionally engineered fabrication: soft suede cut into geometrical patches is joined together using a hand crochet technique.
Scallops – an emblem of the Maison – are hand crocheted in recycled multicolour cashmere and then linked one-by-one into a fish scale pattern. Some of the garments made using this technique took hundreds of hours to complete.
Tubular laces made from printed silk are hand macraméd by Madagascar-based social enterprise and World Fair Trade organisation guaranteed member Akanjo, forming garments and accessories.
Multicoloured deadstock silk ribbons are hand-macraméd into garments by Madagascar-based social enterprise and World Fair Trade organisation guaranteed member Akanjo.
Soft leather tubular laces are braided by hand into geometric structures inspired by ears of corn, which form the welt and adorn the sole of the Lotte slide.