We all have a go-to drawer of favorite pieces we wear again and again, neglecting the majority of our wardrobe, the majority of the time.

Matteau founders, sisters Ilona Hamer and Peta Heinsen, want to make pieces for this minority section — for the go-to staples we come back to again and again. The brand isn’t ‘fashion’, per se, says Hamer, who also works as a stylist (instead, they call it a “lifestyle” label). “We all have those two drawers of the clothes that we actually wear,” she says. “The whole wardrobe could go away, but you have those two drawers. A lot of people that we know say they’re full of Matteau. That’s what we like to hear.”

This wardrobing philosophy was on full display on November 15, when friends of the brand gathered in Paris (during photography fair Paris Photo) t

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