Co-founder of LuxImpact Coralie de Fontenay
Coralie de Fontenay is a co-founder of LuxImpact, which invests in and manages eco-conscious luxury brands, and she was previously at Richemont, owner of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and A Lange & Söhne. Here she highlights five new-wave brands she loves: “They are all led by inspiring and committed women, who have embedded their positivity, passion and resilience in their business,” she says. “I feel deeply connected to the values that drive them, the beauty of their products and the stories they tell”
Molli
Founded in 1886 and revived by Charlotte de Fayet, this ready-to-wear brand combines unique craftsmanship and Parisian chic. From the use of no-waste extra-fine virgin wool to clean energy, Molli’s knitwear embeds sustainability and luxury into each stage of production. The result is fine knitwear that combines femininity, elegance, comfort and joy.
Knitwear designs at Molli
Rouvenat
This historic 19th-century French jewellery house has been revived by four industry insiders including Marie Berthelon. The idea is to bring forgotten treasures back to light, including marvellous old stones with a soul: old materials, new jewellery. It is the only entirely circular jeweller that focuses on highlighting and reinvigorating the value of human and natural resources at all levels.
Rouvenat’s ‘old materials, new jewellery’
Gitti
Jennifer Baum-Minkus, Gitti’s daring Berlin-based founder, is revolutionising beauty through vegan plant-based nailcare products.
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Her vision is one of positivity, producing a variety of brightly coloured polishes while only using safe ingredients from natural origins, and refusing to compromise on a high-quality and glossy formula.
A range of Gitti’s nail and cuticle products
Kimaï
Hailing from families of diamond dealers and jewellers in Antwerp, friends Jessica Warch and Sidney Neuhaus have used their knowledge to build the ethical fine-jewellery brand Kimaï. Their aim is to offer, using lab-grown diamonds and recycled gold – jewellery of high quality and low impact.
‘Jewellery with a traceable, responsible background’
Cuvée Privée
Founded by Marie Forget, Aurélie Berthon and Morgane Suquet, Cuvée Privée offers a new way to buy wine: through an authentic and transparent relationship between the customer, the land and its artisans. You can adopt your own vine from a selection of vineyards and watch it grow from first grape to bottling, receiving the resulting personalised bottles in your own name.
Cuvée Privée ‘offers a new way to buy wine’
