Trimmings: Declerq Passementier's Mastery of Excellence

Trimmings details the history of Declercq’s passementerie, the fine art of detail in haute couture.

In 1852, Joseph Bertaud bought a small trimmings factory in Paris that had been making passementerie since 1760. Although passementerie—the woven textile accessories adorning furniture and clothing in the form of a fringe, tassel, braid, crest, and beyond—reached France in the Middle Ages, the house continues to uphold the excellence and pass down the history of the Declercq Passementiers fa...