A quiet craft,
an island patience
Luxury in its truest form is restraint.
We began not with a mood board, but with a question: what does a truly enduring garment look like? The answer led us to Mauritius — an island of unhurried craftsmanship — and to the finest cashmere fibres Italy’s historic mills have been spinning for generations.
Sourced from the plateau, refined in Italy
Our cashmere begins at 4,000 metres above sea level, combed from the soft underbelly of the Hircus goat during the brief spring shedding season. Only the longest fibres — averaging 15.5 microns — travel to our partner mills in Como, where they are spun into the two-, four- and five-ply yarns that define each piece in our collection.
Mauritius — where the knitting happens
Port-Louis is the heart of our work. In a converted colonial building overlooking the harbour, our thirty-six artisans hand-knit each piece on gauge machines calibrated to the specific yarn construction. A single sweater takes thirty-six hours. We would not have it faster.
What we stand for
Grade-A Fibres Only
We work exclusively with long-staple Inner Mongolian cashmere graded above the industry minimum — softer, more durable, and pill-resistant.
Artisan Craft
Every piece is hand-knitted by a named artisan in our Mauritius atelier. We include their signature inside the care label.
Considered Design
Our silhouettes are designed to transcend seasons. We introduce new pieces rarely and retire nothing that still serves beautifully.
The Atelier timeline
Founded in Mauritius
Two designers and a belief that luxury knitwear could be made more honestly.
Italian mill partnership
We secured a direct sourcing agreement with a fifth-generation Como spinning family.
First European flagship
A quiet maison opened on Rue du Rhône, Geneva — by appointment.
Carbon-neutral atelier
Our Port-Louis atelier achieves full carbon neutrality through local renewables.
“We are not building a brand. We are building an atelier — the kind that outlasts trends, because it was never made for them.”
— Founders, Atelier Cashmere · 2011
Wear the story
Each piece carries the hands that made it, the mountain the fibre came from, and the mill that spun it into yarn. That provenance is what you wear.
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