About Nymfa
Nymfa is an independent fashion research, sourcing, consulting practice and rental archive.
Founded by Ondine Patout in Paris in 2020, we started as a retail space,
evolving across Paris and Brussels through an online store, a showroom, a physical boutique and pop-ups.
Today, we center our work around creative professionals : fashion brands, designers, creative teams, image-makers and second-hand businesses,
offering business and creative consulting, bespoke research, garment sourcing and rentals.
Focusing on craft, we put value in the garment’s maker, wearer and context.
Our aim is to bring a deeper understanding of vintage clothing into the creative process.
We have an office in the 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Occasional sales only occure on Instagram.
About Ondine
Trained in fashion design and technique at the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in Paris,
I began my career working in design for luxury fashion brands.
Sourcing garments was part of the creative process and I developed a passion for the scavenger hunt.
By finding and collecting pieces, I founded and have been running Nymfa, as designer archive retail business for over six years, developing a European network of dealers and collectors.
Today, I help clients access garments, references, stories and knowledge that nourishes creative work and cultural initiatives,
with an investigative and comparative approach to research.