It has been a wonderfully busy week for us at Jac Cadeaux. After our Spring/Summer studio shoot last week, we have been uploading all the beautiful new images and unpacking the clothes, returning everything to the racks and bringing a little order back to the showroom. A real highlight of the week was welcoming to Sydney our French manufacturer, Laurent, who came to Darling Point to meet with Claire, Maddy and me. We prepared fresh madeleines to have with our tea – appropriate fare for the occasion! We spent the afternoon talking through our current production and sharing thoughts and...
Recently, we were at a studio in Alexandria, Sydney, photographing our new Spring collection for our website pages, and after all the planning, fittings and preparation, it was so exciting to watch everything come together. We had such a wonderful team on set. Our beautiful model, Ilona, was born in Australia and has a Czech-French and Polynesian background. She now lives and works in New York, but luckily for us, spends around three months of the year working in Sydney. Cheryl was styling, Katie worked her magic on hair and makeup, while our Claire was at the monitor, keeping everything...
Of late, I find myself reminiscing about Winters in Paris — strolling through the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, just a few blocks from my apartment on Rue Dante in the Latin Quarter. From time to time, Mum would come from Sydney to visit and lead me on long walks to Rue Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement. Mum was always impeccably dressed in tailored trousers, crisp shirts, beautiful wool coats, and her signature fragrance, Chanel No.5. She taught me the art of dressing well — what to look for in quality tailoring, the importance of a perfectly cut shirt, and how a...
Charcoal grey is having a moment, and who better to lead the way than Margot Robbie 🖤 Effortless, refined and quietly powerful, this shade proves you don’t need loud colours to make a statement. It’s the ultimate modern neutral: sharp enough for tailoring, soft enough for everyday elegance, and endlessly versatile. In soft knits paired with trousers or jeans, charcoal grey brings that understated luxury energy we’re all leaning into. Also trending strongly in Europe right now is burgundy – so elegant with black trousers or jeans for a casual look. As you’ll see in our photos below, burgundy also looks...