Maison Legeron

Silk flowers, family-run Maison Legeron is the other answer to the Chanel story. The workshop traces its origins to 1727, Louis Legeron took it over in 1880, and Bruno Legeron, who learned the craft from his mother, now runs it as the fourth generation of the family. Blossoms are still assembled by hand, one by one, and every petal shape comes from a numbered punch tool kept in the business since its early days. Dior, Saint Laurent and Givenchy have all ordered from it. Pick Legeron to see a couture supplier that stayed independent and still works much as it did a century ago.