In conversation with Marlen: the founder behind SAINTE MER

SAINTE MER has been owner-run since day one. A conversation with founder Marlen about the path that led there.

From the fashion house to her own label

More than a decade in the international fashion world, then the wish to make something of her own: a cashmere label with soul. Not faster, not louder — but one where every collection passes through her hands.

Why only one material

“If you do everything, you cannot do anything really well.” Cashmere forgives no shortcut: yarn, knit gauge, dyeing — at every step it is decided whether a piece lasts five winters or one.

What remains

15 years of cashmere expertise, based in the EU, shipped from the German warehouse. And the fitting, which Marlen still does herself.