Tout commence par un message : racontez-moi votre histoire et je vous réponds sous 48 heures. Je vous envoie un devis, réglé en deux acomptes, puis vous m'envoyez ou déposez vos vêtements. Vous suivez la création en photos et vidéos, et votre fleur vous est envoyée.

Le délai dépend de la taille de votre projet et de mon planning du moment. Plus vous m'écrivez tôt, plus nous avons de liberté.

Considering the time spent and my rare skills, each rod starts at €20 for the simplest.

It is a work of patience, each flower is unique, handmade and carries its story. We cannot compare them with artificial flowers made in a factory in an underdeveloped country.

At the moment I only accept cotton, silk or fine polyester fabrics. This can be shirts, ties, scarves or t-shirts.

Fluffy fabrics (velvet or equivalent) or too thin (voile) must be laminated. For these types of fabrics, I will apply a surcharge since it will take me more time.

The best thing is that you send me several textiles of several types or that you contact me so that we can choose together.

Oui, c'est l'une des raisons pour lesquelles Vie Vie existe. Chaque vêtement a une histoire, et nous choisissons ensemble ce qu'il devient. 

Découvrez mes fleurs de mémoire, ou lisez que faire des vêtements d'un proche décédé.

Oui : une chemise, un foulard ou une nappe brodée peuvent devenir un bouquet, une boutonnière ou une broche. Découvrez mes bouquets de mariée en tissu.

Le dépot et le retrait est possible à mon atelier d'Issy-les-Moulineaux sur rendez-vous.

Envoi par la Poste dans toute la France et en Europe via Colissimo.

To make the flowers, I go through these steps:

1. Cutting the fabric into the garment
   I select the areas that will be transformed
2. Preparing the fabric
   I put a primer on the fabric to stiffen it. This mixture is adapted according to the nature of the fabric, according to its thickness and its nature (silk, cotton, denim, etc.)
3. Cutting out petals and other elements (pistil, stamens, stem, leaves)
   After drying, I cut out the different elements
4. Modeling the stems and pistil
   I create the pistil (heart of the flower) and the stems from wire
5. Gluing the stamens
   When there are some, I create the stamens (which look like hairs) with wire and glue them one by one.
6. Forming and gluing the petals
   I shape each petal with an iron and glue them around the pistil/stamen
7. Finalizing the leaves and stem
   After drying, I make the leaves and mount them on the stem, which I wrap in fabric.

These are techniques that have become ancestral and that I learned as an autodidact. I will let you discover a little of the history of this profession that has become rare.

Using a brush, dust from time to time.
Flowers do not tolerate humidity, they must be stored in a dry place.

Finally, to preserve the color, avoid exposing it in a place that is too sunny. Like any garment, the color could be altered in the long term.

I didn't always make fabric flowers. I studied Design in different fields such as Applied Arts, Ceramic Arts, Product Design and Innovation. Then I worked in digital, always in Design.

It was following the death of my father and the birth of my daughter that I entered a phase of introspection and turned to up-cycling. I then discovered Somebana, the creation of fabric flowers and I became passionate about it.

I invite you to read My complete story.

J'ai rédigé un article à ce propos. J'estime qu'il y a des couturières qui savent mille fois mieux coudre que moi.

Quant aux fleurs, le métier pour les réaliser est tellement rare que j'ai décidé d'approfondir cette spécialité.

Les fleurs ont ce côté intemporel et tellement symbolique. Qui n'aime pas recevoir des fleurs ? Alors, si ce sont des fleurs faites à partir des vêtements de ceux qui nous sont chers…

It is very kind of you to offer me your donations but my initial concept is to transform your clothes so that you keep a memory of the owner or the history of this garment.

I am sure that your fabrics or textiles that you offer me will make happy an association that has a stock to keep them.