Today I am delighted to welcome you to a wonderful French brand Le Colonel. Le Colonel are a French accessories and loungewear client.  An independent atelier based in Lille, Le Colonel creating pieces for men, women and children, specialising in the wedding sector. They use gorgeous fabrics, unique motifs, and Liberty prints for their one-off designs, and are stocked on Wolf & Badger as well as their stores in Lille & Shoreditch.
With over 200,000 weddings taking place in France every year, Le Colonel is the leading men?s wedding accessories company in the country. They also offer a hugely popular bespoke service which allows couples to coordinate for the whole wedding party – e.g., bridesmaid?s bracelets matching with bow ties or ties, and flower girl?s sashes matching with page boy bow ties. Couples can even have accessories made from their own fabrics, adding an extra personalised aspect to the big day. Le Colonel has some notable wedding brand collaborations under their belt, from Samson to Cotton Bird, from Cannes Film Festival to Veuve Clicquot. Amongst their fans are the former French president?s son, François Hollande, who got married wearing Le Colonel. They also count British names Stephen Fry, Vick Hope & Joel Dommett amongst their fans.

Today we are speaking to Clementine Fenton, creative director at Le Colonel. Clementine is 32 and British and is based in Lille where she heads up Le Colonel and another fashion brand FYU PARIS, with her h...