Charlotte Chesnais

Saturn earring and Eden bracelet by CHARLOTTE CHENAIS and blue wool coat by A.P.C.

first collection, jewelry designer, Paris

interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI
photo by JOHANN BOUCHÉ-PILLON

 

CAROLINE GAIMARI — How did you end up in Paris?
CHARLOTTE CHESNAIS — I was born in the Sarthe, 200 kilometers outside of Paris, in the middle of nowhere, in the countryside where nothing happens. As a child, I saw this as a serious punishment! I remember being five years old, screaming to leave and move to Paris. My mother has an apartment in Paris, but my father hated the city and just couldn’t stand the idea of living there. He didn’t have a phone or a credit card until recently. He could spend three days in the forest. My mother and I would come to Paris for the weekend, and then it was such a bummer to…