Renaud and Marine Cambuzat’s Favorite Things

“Renaud still shoots everything on film, from fashion to travel, mostly with a Mamiya 7II — even in the studio. He likes the materiality of film, its grain, but also the discipline it imposes: shoot less, look more, and make choices. In a world producing an hysterical amount of images, that limitation feels increasingly valuable. Portra 400 has never let him down; he uses it almost anywhere.”

“We sometimes share clothes, and we share perfume too. Hinoki is one we both wear. It is smoky, woody and magnetic, with something distinctly Japanese about it. A scent that can transport you somewhere else.”

“Travel has always been central to our lives. Renaud grew up on a boat, Marine spent part of her life in the United States, and we have lived in many different places, from Asia to Iceland. In 2025, we took our two children out of school for a few months and sailed around the Mediterranean; this summer, we crossed the United States by train. Bouvier’s book is perhaps the one that best expresses what we love about travelling: allowing a place, its people and the unexpected to change you.”

“Music is constantly playing at home. Renaud played in a band when he was younger, and it is something we now share with our children. We like records partly because they resist distraction: choosing an album, putting it on and listening to it from beginning to end. The object matters, but the ritual matters more.”

“Marine paints whenever she can, usually in our studio in Paris. We also spent a year together on an artist residency in Iceland, which remains an important moment for both of us. Marine works in oils and has a particular attachment to Prussian blue. It has appeared across several of her series: deep, almost black in places, but capable of extraordinary light.”

“We both like knowing what works for us and not having to reinvent the way we dress every morning. Black and white have naturally become our base, and A.P.C. jeans and T-shirts are part of it — simple, reliable, almost impossible to get wrong. When we find something that works, we buy several and wear it for years. It removes one small decision from the day. Quite often we end up leaving the house dressed the same, or almost — usually Renaud in black and Marine in white.”

“If the sea is one family religion, the mountains are the other. Marine grew up in Savoie, close to the Alps; Renaud’s parents were obsessive mountaineers and he spent years ski racing. We are now trying to pass some of that on to our children.”

“Ryman is one of the painters we return to constantly. There is something in his work — its economy, freedom and intelligence — that resonates deeply with us. Our own interiors are fairly sparse: white, wood, art and books. The exception to the minimalism is the books. Renaud is incapable of leaving a bookshop empty-handed, so they are slowly taking over the house.”

“The founders of Studio HAOS are close friends of ours and live in Lisbon. We have followed their work for years and love the intelligence of what they do. We recently bought one of their beautiful chairs for our country house.”

“Chantelle has naturally become part of our lives. We both have a strong attachment to the sea and I like this piece for its simplicity, its freedom and this blue print – it reminds me of our sailing trips.”

“I work at Hermès and contributed to bringing this carré to life, so I have a particular attachment to it. It has become something of a totem — I wear one almost every day. I have five in different colours, but the black and white is my favourite. I love the classic Hermès drawings and how endlessly versatile it is: elegant, practical, sometimes a little rock. Almost an obsession, by now.”