ROSA COMTESSE, a lifestyle brand based on the concept of the Palace of Versailles and the spirit of 18th-century France, has been launched. Its debut collection will be available on the first floor of Isetan Shinjuku Main Building from May 20th.
ROSA COMTESSE creates textiles inspired by Versailles and Marie Antoinette, symbols of 18th-century France. The brand will offer items such as bags, pouches, and stationery made using these textiles.
The creative director is Elisabeth de Feydeau, who also developed the aroma candle collection "Arty Fragrance by Elisabeth de Feydeau," which is inspired by the Palace of Versailles and the spirit of 18th-century Baroque culture. She has previously collaborated with the Palace of Versailles to create the fragrance "Le Sillage de la Reine (The Queen's Scent)," a reproduction of the perfume of the time. The brand's producer and manager is Yoko Nakamura, who produced the "Le Japon Rive Gauche" exhibition held at the long-established Parisian department store, Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche. The debut collection, which will be released this time, is based on the theme of "Marie Antoinette's Boudoir." "Boudoir" means private room, and the brand offers items made with five different textiles approved by the Palace of Versailles, which were created in the image of the queen's small room where Marie Antoinette lived at the time. The lineup includes tote bags (large: 24,840 yen including tax, medium: 18,360 yen including tax, small: 14,040 yen including tax) with these textiles on the inside, as well as notebooks (3,996 yen including tax) and pouches (large: 9,720 yen including tax, small: 7,560 yen including tax).
Other collaborations will also be available with brands that have established their own unique styles in France and Japan. They have collaborated with belt brand MAISON BOINET to create a leather bracelet, confectionery brand Jojo Seika to create financiers (6 pieces/1,620 yen including tax), and Medicom Toy's BE@RBRICK to create an earphone jack with a strap (648 yen including tax) inspired by Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI. They will also be releasing a candle (100g: 7,560 yen including tax) in collaboration with Arty Fragrance by Elisabeth de Feydeau.
In addition, a portion of the sales of items made using original textiles approved by the Palace of Versailles during the period will be donated to the Palace's textile restoration support program.
