Marieke Meulendijks, founder the brand’s DNA is present in both collections. of Les Coyotes de Paris Laure Bailleux, HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? founder of Laurette We’d been doing girls’ fashion for a few seasons HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? already and decided to give in to our customers’ requests. To be honest, I didn’t know I would start We noticed that some of our customers were buying creating women’s fashion, I was quite hesitant at the our furniture for themselves, especially our wardrobe, beginning because I didn’t want to create “mini-me” nightstand and shelf because their size was perfect for silhouettes since children’s fashion has to be differentsmall Parisian apartments. We were also surprised to from adults’. In retrospect it was quite easy, even iflearn that a lot of men were interested in buying our we had to work harder, we had even more inspiration! desk but found it too small, which is why we’ve created the same model in an XL version. A lot of people would THE DIFFERENCES? come in our boutique and ask to buy some furniture in adult sizes so we decided to fulfil their needs. Silhouettes, materials and the manufacturing process are different. The fabrics we use for our women’s linesTHE PERKS? are more sophisticated: lace, embroideries, linen… We have beautiful fabrics that come from Italy and We’ve kept our vintage and retro aesthetic, it’s what are considerably more adapted to a woman’s needs. defines us and what attracts our clients! Our prices Because I’m the one in charge of creating both lines, remained affordable, even for the adult’s range. LOUISE MISHA WOMEN LES COYOTES DE PARIS WOMEN 20