The Atelier Journal
Notes from the Riviera.
Fabric, place and the slow hours — dispatches from the maison. New notes most months.
Guide · June 2026 · 1 min read
Packing for five days on the coast, with one bag
Eleven pieces, one carry-on, no laundry. The wardrobe we take to Portofino every June — and the three things we never pack.
Read the note · Léon de Véloir
Guide · June 2026 · 1 min read
How to care for linen so it only gets better
Linen is the most forgiving cloth on the coast — if you stop treating it like cotton. Our atelier's five rules for washing, drying and (not) ironing it.
Read the note · Tommaso Ricci
Ritual · May 2026 · 1 min read
A morning on the clay courts of Beaulieu
Before the heat, before the phones: an hour of tennis, a cold espresso and the case for a wardrobe that goes straight from the court to the terrace.
Read the note · Léon de Véloir
Travel · April 2026 · 1 min read
The slow port: an evening in Antibes
Skip the yachts at Port Vauban and walk the ramparts instead. Our address book for one unhurried evening in the old town.
Read the note · Camille Aurélien
Essay · March 2026 · 1 min read
On wearing the same shirt for a decade
A shirt bought in 2014 is still the best thing in the wardrobe. A short argument for buying less, and for buying what gets better.
Read the note · Léon de Véloir
Archive · February 2026 · 1 min read
The knit polo: a short history of the Riviera's favourite shirt
From the tennis courts of the 1920s to the terraces of Portofino, the knitted polo has spent a century refusing to go out of style. Here is why.
Read the note · Camille Aurélien
