INDEPENDENT PHILOSOPHICAL FASHION HOUSE.
Wardrobe
Therapy since 2011.
WHY THE NAME VOL(T)AGE?
The name vol(t)age was born from a wordplay.
It brings together voltage, energy, electricity, potential and volage, the French word for movement, change and the freedom to evolve.
Between them sits a single letter in brackets: (t).
The (t) belongs to the word, but it also interrupts it. It is the point where voltage meets volage.
For us, it represents authenticity: the force that turns energy into transformation.
Because becoming isn’t just about having energy. It’s about directing it truthfully.
That is why we write vol(t)age.
THE VOL(T)AGE EQUATION
E = Ac × Au × (t)²
Ac = Action — what we do in the world.
Au = Audacity — who we dare to become.
(t) = Authenticity — the t of vol(t)age.
Without authenticity, action and audacity become performance. With authenticity, they become exponential.
LE COURANT — ESSAIS ET DISCOURS
Some fashion houses begin with sketches. We begin with essays.
At vol(t)age, ideas come first. Each essay explores a question, a paradox, or a perspective on self-authorship. Some remain essays. Others become smart-shirts. Together, they form the philosophical framework behind the house.
READ THE ESSAYS
OUR MISSION
To electrify women and men with the courage to evolve: to embrace their contradictions, honour their unfinished edges, and update themselves with truth, humour and intention.
Awareness precedes transformation.
What you wear can become a visible reminder of the person you are choosing to become.
THE ( ) - OUR SYMBOL
Most brands have a monogram. Ours is a bracket.
The ( ) is not a logo trick. It is a philosophical statement. Where other marks close, ours opens. It creates a space.
And that space is where self-authorship happens.
Most monograms tell you who made the garment. Our asks who you are choosing to become.
The brackets were always inside our name. We simply uncovered their meaning.
THE ORIGIN
In 2011, sisters Claudie and Stéphanie Grisius were partners at two international firms: Clifford Chance and RSM. Fashion was not part of the plan.
One autumn morning, on her walk to work, Claudie noticed how a scarf she was wearing had completely changed the way she felt. It wasn’t just an accessory. It gave her confidence, presence and energy.
At that moment, she had an epiphanyt: she knew she wanted to create scarves that could tell stories and make their wearers feel the way she felt in that autumn sun.
She immediately called Stéphanie.
“I have an idea,” she said. “Let’s create scarves that tell stories.”
Stéphanie thought her sister had completely lost her mind.
About thirty minutes later, Claudie called again.
“I’ve found the name.”
vol(t)age.
A word where voltage meets volage. A single t in brackets, connecting energy with change.
Fortunately, Stéphanie still said yes.
Those first scarves became the vol(t)age v-necks.
The stories became essays.
Some essays become smart-shirts.
Together, they continue to shape an independent philosophical fashion house.
THE ORIGINAL V-NECK
Before there were smart-shirts, there was a scarf.
The original vol(t)age v-neck is more than an accessory. Handmade from six contradting couture fabrics, each reversible patchwork creation explores the idea that identity is never one-dimensional.
Every v-neck carries a personality, a story, and a playful name. The v-necks were the first expression of a philosophy that would later become Wardrobe Therapy.
THE SMART-SHIRTS
Every smart-shirt begins with a perspective shift.
Crafted in ultra-soft cotton-modal and finished with intentionally unfinished edges, they remind us that authenticity rarely arrives perfectly polished.
Every piece carries more than a slogan. It carries an idea, a quiet invitation to think differently, feel differently, or become differently.
WARDROBE THERAPY
Wardrobe Therapy is the practice of using clothing as a tool for self-authorship.
Every vol(t)age piece carries an idea before it carries a slogan. It is designed to interrupt autopilot, invite reflection and accompany change.
We don’t dress identities.
We dress possibilities.
TWO SISTERS-ONE PHILOSOPHY
vol(t)age is built on a simple equation:
E= Au × Ac × (t)².
Claudie is the Au, the Audacity. The vision, the word, the question that starts everything.
Stéphanie is the Ac, the Action. The craft, the form, the hands that make it real.
(t) is what they share. The authenticity that makes it exponential.
Claudie - The Spark (Au)
Former partner at Clifford Chance. Thinker, writer and strategist. The WHY behind vol(t)age.
Claudie's fascination with psychology, philosophy, humour and wordplay shapes the ideas behind every collection.
She writes under the handle @killedbythemuse and signs her creative work as C.G. The essays come before the clothes.
Stéphanie - The Hands (Ac)
Self-taught couturière, with training at Central Saint Martins and IFM Paris. The HOW behind vol(t)age.
Stéphanie brings craft, structure and material intelligence. Where Claudie sees possibility, she brings form.
Her precision transforms intuition into couture-from the first v-neck to every smart-shirt today.
Stéphanie joined the brand full-time in 2026.
