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Monastic Frivolity at Casey Casey’s Showroom and Atelier in Paris

by Published: February 12, 2025

Many of us at Remodelista have long admired Casey Casey, a Paris-based, under-the-radar clothing brand found in the likes of Dover Street Market. To love Casey Casey, you must have a love of materiality, and particularly of extremely crispy cottons and deliberate wrinkled fabrics. Seeing clothing as “veils and canvases to express oneself in,” self-taught designer Gareth Casey is a trained ceramicist, painter, and sculptor. It’s no wonder that Gareth was so intricately involved in the creation of the first Casey Casey atelier and showroom, now located at 6 Rue de Solférino in Paris.

Working with architecture and urban strategy firm Atelier NEA, Gareth sought “light, simplicity, rhythm, and quality with subtle and constrained materiality and texture” for the space. In fact, the more Gareth and Atelier NEA collaborated, the more restrained the resulting design: “During the process, the different design elements became more and more simplified and understated,” he describes. Join us for a tour through the warm yet distinctly monastic interiors.

Photography by Lorenzo Zandri, courtesy of Casey Casey.

housed in a historic parisian building, the space is marked by tall ceilings an 17
Above: Housed in a historic Parisian building, the space is marked by tall ceilings and equally tall windows.
led by founding architect nathalie eldan, atelier nea integrated layers of oak  18
Above: Led by founding architect Nathalie Eldan, Atelier NEA integrated layers of oak into the otherwise white space. The floorboards are solid oak that were steel-brushed to bring the veins of the wood to the surface, giving them a worn, textured feel.
&#8\2\20;the guiding principle of the design of the space was that it neede 19
Above: “The guiding principle of the design of the space was that it needed to be adaptable: to be a showroom, a creative design studio, a photo studio, a space to meet and greet!” Gareth explains. Integrated into the space are a series of meeting tables with oak bentwood armchairs.
casey casey worked with architectural practice ciguë to bring the space to 20
Above: Casey Casey worked with architectural practice Ciguë to bring the space to life with a series of furniture. Gareth worked directly with the Ciguë team in their Montreuil workshop, selecting materials and building the pieces that are now in the space.
a creative interpretation of a table, designed and built with ciguë, is si 21
Above: A creative interpretation of a table, designed and built with Ciguë, is situated in front of the custom oak stair that leads to the balcony.
&#8\2\20;we tried to make the space as much of a blank canvas as possible t 22
Above: “We tried to make the space as much of a blank canvas as possible to allow us to play around with installations and changing the decoration,” says Casey Casey of the main atelier floor. Here, a pair of pants is displayed on the round table and a small selection of clothing, on rotation, hangs on custom racks.
while the gallery space is flooded with natural light, light design was importa 23
Above: While the gallery space is flooded with natural light, light design was important “to present the clothing in the best light possible while achieving a sense of intimacy for meetings and evening events.”
the mezzanine has architectural oak slats and storage cabinets beneath, designe 24
Above: The mezzanine has architectural oak slats and storage cabinets beneath, designed to be “as discreet as possible, acting as walls against which the clothes racks are placed.”
a view of the custom oak stair build. 25
Above: A view of the custom oak stair build.
a vintage leather togo chair from lignet roset and custom desk make up two dist 26
Above: A vintage leather Togo Chair from Lignet Roset and custom desk make up two distinct spaces on the mezzanine.
with a stone worktop, the concrete cylinder block desk is made in collaboration 27
Above: With a stone worktop, the concrete cylinder-block desk is made in collaboration with Ciguë. “The pieces are all handmade using either hand-cast plaster, reclaimed wood, or compressed recuperated paper board, all assembled together. No drawing was done; the pieces were rather assembled in the same way we create our clothes.”
the walls, ceiling, and cabinets were all finished with limewash in a custom co 28
Above: The walls, ceiling, and cabinets were all finished with limewash in a custom color created by Casey Casey, done by mixing colors together in a tilted form to achieve the surface that they were looking for.
a gallery like room off the hallway of the space feels like entering an ancient 29
Above: A gallery-like room off the hallway of the space feels like entering an ancient monastery or the home of an art collector.
a vintage chair and installation en route to the atelier bathroom. 30
Above: A vintage chair and installation en route to the atelier bathroom.
the custom oak kitchen is designed with a crezia stone countertop. 31
Above: The custom oak kitchen is designed with a crezia stone countertop.

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