Zadig & Voltaire was founded in 1997 by Thierry Gillier and his wife Amlie.

The original idea behind Zadig & Voltaire was to offer luxury at an affordable price, but the couple also instigated a new way to conceive of fashion and allure in general.

Their first collection, based on knits, immediately won over a considerable clientele because it proposed a very recognizable silhouette: jeans, cashmere pullover, boots and leather jackets.

A new, prt-a-porter chic rock style was born, defining new urban luxury dress codes.

Affordable cashmere gradually became their signature material and was offered in bright, happy colors, e.g., mint green, florescent pink and golden sand, colors rarely seen in cashmere and which became the Zadig & Voltaire trademark.

The originality of their relaxed pullovers lay also in the little rebel touches added by Amlie, e.g., skulls, eagles, or a rock star's name on the back.

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