Tailoring
Fully canvased two- and three-piece suits, greatcoats and morning dress. Fittings over four visits; delivery within 12 weeks.
Fondée à Paris · 1894
Orfèvre & Co.made to measure since 1894
A house of four disciplines — tailoring, gloving, bagmaking and small leather goods — working from the same Paris rooms for one hundred and thirty-one years. Commissions are accepted in person, by appointment, between September and May.
— The house —
One hundred and thirty-one years.
A lineage marked by six generations of a single family, two world wars, three moves within the eighth arrondissement, and, after 1968, a return to single-line production.
Founded
Émile Orfèvre opens a glover's workshop at 14 rue Royale.
1894
1912
Bagmaking
Hortense Orfèvre adds a second discipline: leather valises and travel cases.
Tailoring
A ready-to-wear line is introduced — shelved by 1931. A made-to-measure studio remains.
1927
1946
Return to the rooms
Following the war, the atelier reopens on rue du Cherche-Midi with six staff.
A single line
The house commits to a single line, refusing all licensing agreements. It continues to do so.
1971
2026
Today
Eleven craftspeople. Commissions by appointment, September to May. Everything, still, on the premises.
— The four disciplines —
Under one roof.
Each discipline keeps its own room, its own master, and its own apprentice. Fittings, finishings and hardware cross between them.
Gloving
Dress, driving, evening and riding gloves. Hand-cut French kid and peccary. Monogramming in thread or on-lining in silk.
Bagmaking
Travel valises, briefcases, shoulder bags and small document cases, in vegetable-tanned bridle, box calf or suede.
Small leather goods
Wallets, card cases, diaries, key rolls and desk blotters. The gateway commission — turn-around from six weeks.
Hardware
Every buckle, rivet and clasp is cast and finished by the house foundry. Monograms engraved in brass or blued steel.
Restoration
Any Orfèvre piece — however old — is returned to our restoration room at a flat annual fee, covering leather, stitching and hardware.
— The commission —
How a piece is made.
A commission is a relationship between four people — the client, the master, the apprentice and the house. It moves at the pace of the leather.
01
Conversation
An hour-long appointment in Paris or London. The piece is sketched, materials proposed, a deposit taken.
02
Pattern
Pattern drawn in card, a muslin or leather prototype cut, fitted in person or by post.
03
Construction
The master and apprentice work the piece over the bench. Stitching at eight to eleven stitches per inch.
04
Delivery
Final fitting, hardware engraved, the piece handed over in person in its commission box.
— The archive —
Signature commissions.
A handful of 2025 pieces as reference — each commission is made anew, though the patterns and leathers may be revisited.
The Cherche-Midi Valise
Bridle leather, 72 cm. Brass hardware in the house monogram. The travel piece since 1912, re-patterned for 2025.
From £6,400
Evening Kid Gloves
French kid, hand-cut from the single skin. Silk-lined in midnight blue or ivory, hand-finished buttons.
From £480
The Three-piece, Mid-grey
12-oz Huddersfield worsted in mid-grey. Fully canvased, hand-stitched through. Four fittings.
From £5,800
The Letter Diary
Box calf, 144 pp. Monogrammed in blind or gold foil. A six-week commission; the gateway piece.
From £520
“A glove is a small thing. The hour you spend at Orfèvre, before it begins, is not. I have carried their work for thirty years and intend to for the rest of my life.”— A client in her own words · Private commission · 1994–2026
— Appointments —
Request a first conversation.
Appointments are held Tuesday to Saturday in Paris; twice yearly in London; twice yearly in New York. Evenings by arrangement.
Next available
Tue 21Paris · rue du Cherche-Midi11:00
Thu 23Paris · rue du Cherche-Midi15:30
Sat 25Paris · rue du Cherche-Midi10:00
Fri 01 MayLondon · Connaught HotelFull day
Fri 15 MayNew York · Carlyle HotelTwo days
A deposit of £250 is taken at booking, held against the commission or returned if the appointment is declined.