Designed for the French Bulldog
The French Bulldog collection
Six pieces drawn for a broad chest and a short back. Parisian city dressing: a little workwear, a little street, a little couture, never a disguise. Every piece is cut to one dog from three measurements.
Couture
Ensembles of three and four pieces, layered and styled.
Saint-Honoré
Couture · Black bouclé · €440
A bouclé jacket edged in braid, a silk pussy-bow, a short strand of pearls and a quilted leather harness.
Boxy and cropped, with the bow and the pearls lying flat and low on the chest and nothing at the throat.
- Boxy black bouclé jacket edged in ecru braid, plain gilt buttons at the side
- Cream silk blouse collar with a soft pussy-bow stitched flat low on the chest, its tails short
- A short strand of cream pearls, lying flat along the neckline
- Black quilted-leather harness with a gilt chain through its strap
Deauville
Couture · Stone gabardine · €370
A short gabardine trench with a storm flap and a belted back, a Breton knit, a silk square and a leather harness.
A trench cropped before the tuck, with a short square fold of silk stitched flat to the side of the chest rather than anything at the throat.
- Stone cotton-gabardine trench, a storm flap and a belted back, cropped before the tuck
- Navy and white Breton-stripe knit, at the neck and as sleeves to the elbow
- Red and navy silk, a short square fold stitched flat to the side of the chest
- Tan leather harness
Pigalle
Couture · Wool-silk tweed · €360
A boxy braid-bound tweed jacket with braided cuffs, a silk crepe lining and a patent chest strap.
Every edge is bound in flat braid and the small collar lies on the shoulders, so the tweed dresses the broad chest and nothing touches the throat.
- Short, boxy oxblood wool-silk tweed jacket flecked with fine black thread, every edge bound in flat black grosgrain braid, four small gilt buttons at the side
- Small flat collar lying on the shoulders, sleeves to the elbow in braid-bound cuffs
- Black silk crepe lining, a narrow edge showing inside the collar and the cuffs
- Slim black patent leather chest strap with a small gilt buckle
Essentials
Single pieces, the ones worn most days.
Marais
Essentials · Nylon satin · €210
A cropped satin bomber with a low rib collar and a rib hem, the harness opening under a snap flap on the back.
Cropped at the tuck, with a low rib collar and nothing fastened at the chest.
- Nylon satin bomber, cropped at the tuck
- Low rib collar, rib cuffs and a rib hem
- Harness opening under a snap flap on the back
Canal
Essentials · Linen canvas · €150
A workwear chore coat in linen canvas with a low, open collar and horn buttons down the side.
The horn buttons start below a low, open collar, so nothing crosses the throat.
- Workwear-blue linen canvas chore coat
- Two patch pockets at the chest
- Low, open shirt collar, horn buttons down the side, a bound harness opening on the back
Montmartre
Essentials · Fisherman knit · €150
A chunky fisherman knit with a low shawl collar, cropped at the tuck.
The shawl collar lies on the chest, not behind the neck, and the knit stops at the tuck.
- Chunky cable and moss-stitch knit
- Low shawl collar crossing on the chest
- Ribbed hem at the tuck, a harness opening on the back
Why it fits a French Bulldog
The cut
Drawn for the French Bulldog's own shape, and cut to three measurements you take at home with a sheet of paper. You approve them before anything is cut.
- The neck: The breed standard describes a thick, arched neck with loose skin at the throat. A stand collar has nothing to stand on there, so no piece has one: every neckline sits open and low, and nothing is snug at the throat.
- The chest and the tuck: The chest is broad, deep and full, and the belly tucks up behind it. A straight coat rides up and bunches at the tuck, so each piece is cut wide through the chest and ends before it.
- The back: The standard calls for a roach back: a slight fall behind the shoulders, rising to the loin. A flat back panel lifts at the loin, so ours follows the rise.
- Short and compact: The body is short and well rounded, and the standard sets the weight at no more than 28 pounds. The pieces are cropped, because a long coat on this dog reads as a dress.
- The harness: For a dog walked on a harness, every piece has a finished opening on the back for the ring.
- Neck: Around the base of the neck. Every neckline here sits low and open, so this number guides the opening rather than a snug fit.
- Chest: Around the widest point, just behind the front legs. On a French Bulldog this is the widest part of the body, and every piece is cut out from it.
- Back: From the base of the neck to the base of the tail, following the rise of the back. The pieces themselves end before the tuck.
The breed facts are from the AKC French Bulldog standard.
Made to be worn
Every piece wraps under the chest and fastens at the side, so nothing goes over the head and no leg is lifted through a narrow opening.
Colors for the coat
- Fawn or cream: Navy, forest, black, oxblood, workwear blue
- Brindle: Ecru, camel, ochre, red, stone
- Pied: Navy, bottle green, red, cobalt
- Blue, lilac or merle: Rust, ochre, camel, cream
A piece in the same tone as the fur disappears into it. Every look is cut in more than one color, chosen by this rule.
- Fawn or cream: Disappears in camel, sand, oat, tan
- Brindle: Disappears in black, charcoal, dark brown
- Pied: Disappears in white, ivory, pale gray
- Blue, lilac or merle: Disappears in slate, gray, cool blue
How it is fitted
It is cut to three measurements: neck, chest and back. You approve all three before anything is cut. After you commission, you take them at home with a sheet of paper, and we show you the numbers. How it is measured
The promise
If a finished measurement is more than 2 cm off the numbers you approved, or the piece gapes or pulls, we remake it once, free, and you send nothing back. Because it is cut to one dog, it cannot be returned.
How it goes on
Every piece wraps under the chest and fastens at the side, so nothing goes over the head and no leg is lifted through a narrow opening. Necklines sit open and low on the broad chest, and nothing sits at the throat. Sleeves stop at the elbow, every hem ends before the tuck, and each piece has a finished opening on the back for the harness.
Shown on
- Saint-Honoré: Shown in black with ecru braid on a cream French Bulldog, a boutique street in Paris in the afternoon. Ecru with black, for brindle and blue coats.
- Deauville: Shown in stone with a navy stripe on a brindle French Bulldog, the boardwalk at Deauville. Navy with red silk, for fawn and cream. Bottle green with a cream stripe, for pied.
- Pigalle: Shown in oxblood tweed with black braid on a pied French Bulldog, a covered Paris shopping arcade in late afternoon, sun falling through the glass roof. Emerald tweed with black braid, for brindle. Black tweed with oxblood braid, for blue.
- Marais: Shown in rust on a blue French Bulldog, a courtyard in the Marais. Sage, for fawn and cream. Black, for pied. Navy, for brindle.
- Canal: Shown in workwear blue on a young fawn French Bulldog, a footbridge over the Canal Saint-Martin, early morning. Ochre, for brindle and blue coats.
- Montmartre: Shown in ecru on a senior brindle French Bulldog, the steps of Montmartre on an overcast day. Navy, for fawn and cream. Red, for pied.
The pattern is redrawn for your dog's shape.