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Our story
Everything begins in a top-floor studio on Amwell Row in Clerkenwell, where the patterns are drawn and the cloth is cut. Odette started the label with two collections a year, built around dresses, soft tailoring, knitwear and coats.
The palette stays narrow: bone, camel, black, chocolate and claret. Cloth is bought in small lengths, so most pieces are made once and the studio can change a line between runs without losing the shape of the collection.
The clothes are made in small runs with family workrooms in London, the Scottish Borders and northern Portugal. Each workroom is close enough to visit through production, and the people who make the pieces know the patterns by name.
Marne has one shop, on Ledbury Walk in Notting Hill. The whole collection is there, with a quiet fitting room and the studio team on Saturdays. Nothing is designed to be replaced after a season.
“I wanted a wardrobe that could be worn for years, not a drawer full of things that only work for one month.”
Odette Marne
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Patterns are drawn and cloth is cut in the studio on Amwell Row.
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Family workrooms in London, the Scottish Borders and northern Portugal make each run.
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We repair Marne pieces for as long as you own them, by post.
Our wools come from a family mill in the Scottish Borders, where cloth is still woven on looms that have run for decades. The weight is steady and the finish is dry rather than glossy.
Our silks are woven in Como and our jersey is knitted in northern Portugal. We choose the cloth first and design around it, because a good cloth will carry a simple shape.
