In 2019, Mathilde D. has been working for eight years as an art director in luxury leather goods in Paris.
She knows the workshops, the leathers, the finishes. She knows exactly what justifies the price of a €3,000 handbag and what no longer does.
What she also knows is that most of the women she meets—her friends, her colleagues, her sisters—want the same thing: a piece that holds its shape. Leather you can feel under your fingers. A style that doesn’t go out of fashion in six months. But they don’t want to mortgage a month’s salary for it.
Mathilde D.
Founder & Artistic Director
She is the one who designs each model, selects the leathers, and approves the prototypes. A former art director in Parisian luxury leather goods, Mathilde still spends one week a month in the workshops. Her obsession: that each piece looks like a €2,000 bag without you having to say so.
Julie D.
Operations & Customer Experience Manager
Mathilde's sister, Julie left the strategy consulting to join the adventure in 2020. She coordinates logistics, manages relationships with our workshops, and ensures that every order arrives on time, perfectly packaged. She also responds to your messages and remembers your name.
Léa M.
Jewelry Manager & Product Development
Trained in jewelry design in Lyon, Léa joined L'Atelier de Malte in 2021 to launch the jewelry line. She works directly with our Portuguese workshop and oversees every step from the sketch to the final quality control. Her criterion: if she wouldn’t wear it every day, it doesn’t go out.
Hugo B.
Image & Content Manager
Hugo manages the brand's visual universe—photoshoots, website, social media. A former freelance photographer for several fashion houses, he ensures that every image perfectly reflects who we are: beauty without showiness.
So Mathilde makes a choice.
She leaves her position, reconnects with three workshops she knows personally—two in Italy, one in Portugal—and designs her first collection: six bag models, no more. Full-grain leather. Careful lining. Simple hardware. And always a fair price.
The rule is set from the very first day:
We never cut corners on the material or the finish. We cut corners on everything else: no boutique on Avenue Montaigne, no €200,000 advertising campaign, no dormant stock. Each model is produced in a limited series. When it is Out Of Stock, it is Out Of Stock.
Since then, the brand has grown. Jewelry came naturally with the same demands, the same philosophy. But the spirit remains that of day one: a small team, a direct link with our workshops, and an obsession with the right detail.
Materials we stand by.
Full-grain Italian leather, nickel-free gold-plated brass, genuine gold plating. We tell you exactly where each material comes from and why we chose it. No "vegan leather" that flakes off in three weeks, no gold that turns gray.
Limited editions, for real.
Each model is produced in limited quantities between 30 and 150 pieces depending on the references. We do not restart an Out Of Stock model just to boost sales. This rarity is not a marketing argument: it is the direct consequence of our artisanal production method.
A customer service that knows you.
You are not just an order number. With us, every message receives a personal response within 24 hours, from someone who knows our products because they handle them every day. Size advice, hesitation between two models, question after purchase: we are here.
