The idea for METAL FLAQUE came about by chance!
When Lillian, a Norwegian designer, came to Paris, she opened a made-to-measure bridal wear studio in the Marais district.
A few years later, she decided that she wanted to launch her own collection and sell it in specialised boutiques.
We then set about looking for bridal wear shops that stocked designer collections and came to the amazing conclusion that there weren’t any in France!
At the same time we discovered that many of the biggest designers were not on sale anywhere in France: Vera Wang, Oscar de la Renta, Monique Lhuillier, Jenny Packham, Carolina Herrera, etc.
Lillian, who of course was well aware of their work, couldn’t believe it, yet it was true.
So we said to ourselves, “What if there was such a shop…”
We went to see all of these fashion houses and described our idea for a ‘concept store’, showing them plans for our future boutique (some of them even came to visit the construction site – we can remember a very stylish lady from New York picking her way through the rubble in vertiginous heels…).
All of the designers we approached believed in our idea and METAL FLAQUE opened in March 2009.
Now Lillian spends her time scouring the salons and catwalk shows, visiting all of the outstanding designers, in order to bring their collections to you in our new boutique in Paris.
In September 2011, we had the enormous pleasure of welcoming new brands to METAL FLAQUE: Valentino, Azzaro, Matthew Williamson, Alberta Ferretti, Marchesa, Reem Acra, etc.
