Edition of 24Maison de couture du soir · Paris
The hour of velvet
Evening couture, cut by hand in numbered editions — for the nights you intend to remember.
01 / 04Look I — Le Grand Escalier — Duchesse satin and silk crêpe on the stair of the Salon Paris, 21:00
La Maison
We make very few things, very slowly, for the hours after dusk.
Every Nocturne gown is draped on the stand before it is ever drawn, cut on the bias by one pair of hands and finished in the atelier on Passage des Lanternes. We make each design in an edition of no more than forty, number it inside the lining and never make it again.
Hélène Marchetti-Vaux, directrice de création
The maison- La Gazette du Soir“The most patient evening dress in Paris”
- Maison & Mode“Couture that asks to be worn slowly”
- The Evening Review“A gown from Nocturne is a small act of theatre”
The Salons
Four rooms of the evening
From the first cocktail to the last dance — every hour has its silhouette.
The Vitrine
Pieces under glass
Our directrice's selection for the season, each one numbered and finished by hand.
Edition of 24
Signature
Nouveau
Nouveau
Limited edition
Nuit Blanche
Three gowns for a sleepless night — released for a single evening
Nuit Blanche is our smallest edition yet: three gowns in ivory, black and silver, each made twenty-four times and numbered inside the lining. The edition is shown in the Salon Paris and online for one evening only, from 19:00 on 24 October. Those on the waitlist are invited an hour before the doors open.
Discover the drop
Act III — Minuit
Made for the last hour
Silk that holds the light of a single candle. Shot at midnight in the Salon Paris.
Enter the lookbook
Private appointments
An hour in the salon, for you alone
Fittings, personal styling and made-to-measure are by appointment in Paris, Milano and London — or virtually, wherever you are. A directrice will prepare a rail for you before you arrive.
- IPrivate FittingA rail prepared in your size, a directrice at your side and the atelier's tailor on hand for pinning.90 minutes
- IIPersonal StylingAn evening wardrobe built around one occasion — or a whole season of them — with pieces pulled from every salon.2 hours
- IIIBridal & OccasionFrom the first sketch to the final fitting on the morning itself: gowns, second looks and veils.3 fittings
- IVMade-to-MeasureAny design from the collection cut to your measurements, in the cloth and colour of your choosing.8–10 weeks
Letters from clients
Kept in the atelier ledger
I arrived at the salon unsure of everything and left with a gown that felt as if it had always been mine. The candlelit fitting is a memory I will keep for life.
Mathilde Arnaud-RocheClient since 2019, ParisThe atelier notebook
Details you will only notice up close
Hand-rolled hems, silk-covered buttons, a numbered label inside every lining.
Chroniques
Notes from the atelier
A Gown in Four Hundred Hours
From the first toile to the last hand-sewn hook: the slow life of a single Nocturne evening gown inside the atelier on Rue des Lanternes.
Dressing for the Opéra
Long gloves, a coat wide enough for the skirt and a hemline that clears the stair: a stylist’s notes for a night at the opera.
By Candlelight
Why we fit every gown by candlelight before it leaves the salon — and what warm light reveals that daylight hides.
Our salons
By appointment, and by candlelight
Salon Paris
7 Passage des Lanternes, 75003 Paris
Tue–Sat · 11:00–20:00 · by appointment
Salon Milano
Via dei Lampioni 14, 20121 Milano
Wed–Sat · 12:00–20:00 · by appointment
Salon London
3 Lantern Mews, London W1K 2XX
Thu–Sat · 12:00–19:00 · by appointment