Études

Études Studio was founded in 2012 in Paris by Aurélien Arbet, Jérémie Egry, and José Lamali as a multi-disciplinary studio — anchored to a menswear ready-to-wear label, but expanded into the Études Books publishing imprint, the Études Cinema film-distribution arm, and a continuous run of artist-collaboration capsules. The brand's foundational thesis was specific: produce a Paris menswear vocabulary at the intersection of contemporary art-publishing culture and the post-A.P.C. casual-luxe Parisian male wardrobe. The Études vocabulary settled around several recurring elements: relaxed-cut single-breasted blazers, cotton oxford button-downs in deliberately understated colours, broken-in denim, the brand's recurring black-and-white striped jersey, deliberately oversized hoodies and sweatshirts, and a colour palette anchored to navy, washed olive, ecru, charcoal, and oxblood. The Études Books publishing programme — producing photobooks and artist monographs in collaboration with Jürgen Teller, Senga Nengudi, and dozens of contemporary photographers — anchors the brand voice. The brand is independent and held by the founders. Études Studio operates a flagship in Paris (Rue Debelleyme in the Marais), plus international wholesale through SSENSE, MR PORTER, Dover Street Market, and a curated set of European and Asian art-and-streetwear specialty retailers. Few Paris menswear brands of the post-2010 era have integrated a publishing-and-art-distribution programme so tightly into the brand vocabulary while maintaining a cohesive ready-to-wear identity.