Luxury can begin with a fundamental craft. At Bottega Veneta, the simple act of interlacing strips is continually refined through material, proportion and finish.
Material, form and finish come together through the weave.
Bottega Veneta / Woven product
Material. Form. Finish.
Material / Suppleness and texture.
Form / Volume, proportion and silhouette.
Finish / Edges, joins and transitions.
Beyond the product
Making deepens understanding.
Working with the weave makes its demands tangible: patience, precision and judgement. Participation offers a closer understanding of the craft—and the value of the finished object.
Bottega Veneta / Co-creation workshop
02 / Tradition in Transformation
CHANEL: heritage as a starting point.
From a familiar cloth to a distinctive wardrobe, the story unfolds through changing materials, construction and ways of wearing.
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01 / Rooted in place
A sense of place.
Wool, island weaving and a recognised origin give Harris Tweed its character. A textile carries the knowledge of its makers and the identity of its home.
Harris Tweed / Making, texture and origin
02 / A tradition still worn
Heritage, still worn.
Tradition lives through use. Familiar clothes carry cultural identity into everyday life; their continued presence gives new design a point of reference.
Royal dress / Continuity in wearing
03 / Reconstructed for freedom
Freedom through design.
Inspired by British menswear, Gabrielle Chanel brought softer tweeds and supple tailoring into women’s dress. The freedom to move became a principle of construction.
Gabrielle CHANEL / British menswear as a reference
04 / A language continually renewed
New possibilities, made by hand.
Construction, weaving and embellishment open new possibilities for texture and form.
Harris Tweed is a specific regional tradition, not a name for all tweed. The royal comparison is supplied visual context, not verification of a Harris Tweed garment or a forty-year timeline. Images illustrate separate objects, not the construction sequence of one garment.
The Li textiles and the fabric of these Dior bags share a similar visual character and woven texture: dense repeating motifs, contrasting threads and a clearly visible weave.
Li Textiles
The textile / Motif, rhythm and texture
Look at the cloth
Similarities in pattern and texture.
Light motifs stand out against a dark ground. Repeated units and visible threads give the surface its rhythm and texture.
Dior Jacquard
The textile / Repetition, contrast and texture
From textile to product
Crossbody bag / Pattern across the body
Saddle bag / Pattern and curved form
Different motifs and contexts; a comparable visual richness in the woven surface.
About this comparison
The photographs support a visual comparison, not equivalence in fibre, weave structure, production method or quality. No shared origin or collaboration is implied.
Our practice brings research into development: working with motifs, testing materials and exploring how textiles can be worn and used today.
FW25 · Paris Fashion Week · March 2025
Véronique Leroy × Lijin
Motif → Sample → Garment → Wearing
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01 / Traditional reference
02 / Our development
03 / On the runway
04 / In life
From Li motifs to mohair jacquard.
Our mohair jacquard development explores how a motif changes with yarn, scale and texture. The sample, runway look and subsequent wearing bring those choices into view.
Designer’s account / Read the interview reference
A visual comparison, not a claim that this museum textile was the original source for the runway look. Collection details remain to be confirmed.
Interview by Vicky Chahine · supplied page; publication and date to be confirmed
Working with craft. Reworking scale and proportion.
In the supplied interview, Leroy describes collaboration with the Li community in Hainan: working on looms, and reinterpreting geometric motifs and vivid colours through changes of scale and proportion in jacquard garments made by Italian suppliers.
Paraphrased from the supplied French interview.
Collection information and images: LIJIN ELEMENTS.
