The garment closest to the skin.
Atelier construction lingerie, five-piece minimum. From $95 per unit.
Stretch, bonded, lace, structured and soft cup, hook-and-eye, bodysuit. Standard, premium, and hand-finished construction.
CAT-07 · lingerie · atelier
Maisone · Paris
Lingerie is the hardest small-batch category to do well. Tight tolerances, multi-component construction, complex grading, and almost no margin for fit error. We build it because we can.
5 to 200 units per run. Bras, bodysuits, corsets, briefs, suspenders, slips, and structured separates.
A to G cup, S to XXL band. Cup-and-band combination grading available. Wire, no-wire, bonded, soft, padded, and unpadded constructions.
Loungewear is its own category. Lingerie demands grading, fit blocks, and component sourcing that loungewear does not.
"Lingerie is not loungewear. Different block, different grade, different problem."
Per unit, from.
Every construction below is cut, sewn, and finished in the atelier. Quoted line-item per project, fixed before any cutting begins.
Bonded or stitched, no underwire, lace or stretch.
Underwire, foam-cup, padded or unpadded, hook-and-eye closure.
One-piece, snap gusset, mesh or stretch, optional cup support.
Spiral-bone or steel-bone, busk closure, lace overlay, structured panels.
Atelier construction, bonded edge, mesh, stretch, lace.
Bias-cut silk, satin, or stretch, fine straps, hand-finished hem.
Stretch waist, hook closure, adjustable garters.
Selected work.
Atelier samples, cut and finished by the house.
Plate 01 · structured cupPlate 02 · bustier
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Plate 03 · detailThree tiers of construction.
Standard ready-to-wear.
Bonded edges, machine-finished, label and care tags applied. DTC-grade lingerie register.
Premium.
Fully-stitched fine seams, bound interiors, hand-tacked bow and label, custom hardware. Designer-direct register.
Couture-grade.
Hand-construction throughout, custom busk and bone, hand-applied beadwork, silk or French-mill lace, hand-stitched hem. Quoted per project.
The sourcing floor.
Italian, French, Japanese mills. 4-way stretch, tricot, marquisette.
Calais, Caudry, Solstiss · French-mill leavers and rashel.
Pre-formed and laminated, A to G cup, padded and unpadded.
Coated wire, hook-and-eye, sliders, rings, busks · brass, gold, steel.
Spiral steel, flat steel, plastic. For corsets, bustiers, structured bodysuits.
Silk satin, grosgrain, picot, hand-tacked or machine-set.
Brief to delivered units.
Pattern block adjusted to your fit model. Mandatory before sample.
First sample produced and shipped. Up to 3 fit revision cycles included.
Cut, sew, finish, label, package. For 5 to 100 units.
Roughly, from brief to delivered units. Reorders skip block-fit and sampling.
Get a quote.
Tell us what you want made. The founder reads every project and replies within 48 business hours with a fixed quote, feasibility notes, and timeline.
Project received.
Auto-confirmation lands in your inbox with your project ID. It is logged for the founder.
Founder reads it.
Personally, not a customer-success layer. Feasibility check against current calendar and atelier capacity.
Written quote sent.
Fixed price, line-itemized, with timeline. Or a written explanation if we are not the right house for the work.
You decide.
No pressure. No follow-up calls. If you proceed, deposit confirms the commission. If not, no harm done.
Or send your project directly: [email protected]
Frequently asked questions.
Do you handle complex lingerie construction?
Yes. Boning, bias cuts, knit power-mesh, French lace, hand-set hooks-and-eyes. Lingerie sits in our premium and hand-finisheds.
What is the minimum?
Five units per style with design fee. Lingerie often uses smaller cut quantities so the minimum holds.
How is fit handled?
Multiple fit cycles required for lingerie. We typically run three to five sample iterations before sign-off, more than RTW.
Can you handle bridal-adjacent or evening corsetry?
Yes. Hand-built corset structure, bound steel boning, hand-stitched grommet panels. Hand-finished.
What materials do you source?
Italian power-mesh, French lace, Belgian satin, Japanese stretch silk. Sourcing lead time four to eight weeks for premium materials.
How quickly do you actually reply?
Within 48 business hours. Median response time is 18 hours. We respond from the founder's inbox at [email protected]. If you do not see a reply in 48 hours, check spam.
Do I have to talk to anyone before I get a price?
No. The first interaction is a written quote in your inbox. We do not require a discovery call before pricing. Some clients prefer to talk after the quote lands; that is fine but optional.
Who owns the patterns and tech pack?
You do. Full intellectual property transfer to you after final payment. The pattern files, tech pack, grading, and BOM are yours. We retain an internal archive copy for reorders only.
What if I cancel before production?
Design fee paid before sampling begins is non-refundable once design work has started. Production deposit is refundable up until cutting begins. After cutting, the materials cost is locked in. We tell you clearly at each stage.
Can I see the fabric before sample?
Yes. Fabric swatches ship to you for sign-off before sampling begins. For commissions with custom fabric sourcing, lead time is 4 to 8 weeks for swatches.