Suffolk &amp; Cambs

You know when you love something so much you don&#8217;t want to tell everyone else about it because it&#8217;s your secret squirrel special thing? That&#8217;s kind of how I feel about super-cool online French fashion brand, <a href="https://www.sezane.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sézane</a>. Plus I don&#8217;t want to bump into you all wearing the same jumper as me, obviously. But being a journalist, I&#8217;m an inveterate blabbermouth so I&#8217;ve decided to share the love and explain exactly why j&#8217;adore this cult label &#8211; and I think you will too.
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1. The handbags
I mean, just look at them. If you&#8217;re going to buy one thing from Sézane, head straight for the handbags. The chic, minimal designs are exquisitely made, with an emphasis on craftsmanship. With your purchase, you get a little pot of restoring balm to keep your new baby well nourished. My first foray into Sézane was the <a href="https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/heritage-victor-bag?cou_Id=2401">cross-body Héritage Victor bag</a> in classic black but I also wouldn&#8217;t say non to the bottle green version.
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Or how about this <a href="https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/15779-farrow-bag?cou_Id=2399" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">tan bucket bag</a>? Come to mama!
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And if you&#8217;ve got a lot of junk to lug around (always), <a href="https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/15778-gaby-bag?cou_Id=1761" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this one </a>will fit a laptop and more.
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2. It&#8217;s not horrifically expensive
Bags this beautiful must cost a packet, I hear you cry. Well, actually no. For a designer brand, it&#8217;s very well priced, on a par with the high end of the high street, such as Whistles and Jigsaw. The bags are around £200, while knitwear is £80-ish and T shirts start around £35.
3. The brand founder is a good egg
Morgane Sézalory, the chic Parisian (but of course &#8211; have you ever seen a scruffy one?) who founded the brand in 2013, has launched a philanthropic programme, Demain, which last year raised 1.2m Euros for under-privileged children. Limited edition pieces are released on the 21st of each month, with the profits going to the charity. She&#8217;s also making great strides with sustainability (there&#8217;s loads of detail on the site) &#8211; making products built to last, taking steps to replace the traditional bag leather tanning process with less polluting vegetable tanning and reducing the use of synthetic materials in garments. It&#8217;s good to see a brand walking the walk as well as talking the talk.
4. They&#8217;ve made jumpers cool
Sweaters aren&#8217;t traditionally the most thrilling of clothing purchases but Sézane&#8217;s knits are dreamy, heck, I&#8217;d go so far as to say they&#8217;re sexy. Yes, a sexy sweater &#8211; you heard it hear first. I have a gorgeous green jumper peppered with petits pom poms (sadly no longer in stock) that garners at least one compliment on every outing and there&#8217;s plenty more where that came from &#8211; take a look at these woolly wonders.
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				<a href='https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/fashion/women-fashion/sezane/attachment/66227/'><img width="1080" height="1514" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/66227.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" aria-describedby="gallery-1-10536" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/66227.jpg 1080w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/66227-107x150.jpg 107w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/66227-214x300.jpg 214w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/66227-357x500.jpg 357w" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" /></a>
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				<a href=https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/joy-jumper?cou_Id=2349https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/rob-jumper?cou_Id=2411rel=“nofollow” target=“_blank”>Joy jumper </a>
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				<a href='https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/fashion/women-fashion/sezane/attachment/68613/'><img width="600" height="841" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68613.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" aria-describedby="gallery-1-10537" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68613.jpg 600w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68613-107x150.jpg 107w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68613-214x300.jpg 214w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68613-357x500.jpg 357w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a>
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				<a href=https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/zacharie-jumperrel=“nofollow” target=“_blank”>Zacharie jumper </a>
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				<a href='https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/fashion/women-fashion/sezane/attachment/68795/'><img width="600" height="841" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68795.jpg" class="attachment-full size-full" alt="" decoding="async" aria-describedby="gallery-1-10538" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68795.jpg 600w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68795-107x150.jpg 107w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68795-214x300.jpg 214w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/suffolkcambs/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/02/68795-357x500.jpg 357w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a>
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				<a href=https://www.sezane.com/en/product/winter-collection/penelope-jumper rel=“nofollow” target=“_blank”>Penelope jumper </a>
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5. I want to live in their London shop, basically
&#8230;Or &#8220;L&#8217;Appartement&#8221; as they call it, naturellement. The pop-up boutique opened at 233 Westbourne Grove in West London last September but shows no sign of popping off any time soon. It&#8217;s such a gorgeous shopping experience &#8211; the interiors! (parquet flooring, velvet sofas, wooden sideboards, antique rugs). The utterly charming Parisian staff! (I know, no one was more surprised than me). And, the best bit: the diddy French patisseries to nibble while you shop! I&#8217;ll be taking my sleeping bag next time.
 <a href="https://www.sezane.com/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sezane.com</a>
Words <a href="https://twitter.com/Kerry_Potter">@Kerry_Potter</a>

Bonjour Sézane

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