ABOUT US
The boldness of simplicity
Two minds, one vision
It’s the story of two creators:
They meet and go on to found a fashion house… and a family.
A story written in their genes:
Catherine’s parents were dressmakers for Parisian haute couture, having worked in particular for Madame Grès. Jacques’s mother was a cutting and sewing instructor.
But also...
A story of boldness:
Catherine and Jacques created their first design in 2010. The CathAm brand was registered shortly after.
A story of success:
The 40 registered designs in the catalog have found a loyal audience around the world.
A beautiful story:
3 children, 4 grandchildren. A son joins the House… The future looks promising. We work to nurture it.
A story to share:
CathAm is a state of mind.
CathAm is style.
Our design
Each CathAm design begins with a series of sketches, sometimes very simple, sometimes already fully formed. This is Jacques’s domain, as a visual artist, exploring the first intuitions of shape and movement.
As the drawings evolve, the composition takes shape, lines emerge, volumes begin to appear. Once this initial vision is on paper, we move to three dimensions: the design comes to life directly on a wooden mannequin. Here, there is no perfect stitching—almost no stitching at all. We cut, pin, drape, searching for the right gesture.
Several successive versions are developed to refine the composition and choose the right material, until the final prototype is achieved.
Catherine dans l'atelier CathAm