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Atelier Paulin: Quintessential French Craftsmanship Comes to Dallas - FashionWindows
Friday, the 13th day of April looked like a typical shopping day at Tootsies except that when you enter the famed store at Preston Road, an artisan hand shaping a precious metal wire into a bracelet catches your eye. The artisan is Normandy-native Jérémy Mutel who became the most popular person at Tootsies last Friday as shoppers flocked to his work table and ordered their personalized bracelet, earcuff, ring, fibula, hoop, cufflinks or torc. Because it takes from 15 to 30 minutes to create each piece, you can actually watch Jérémy create your order. Using a single continuous strand of