Nivara is the Sanskrit word for shelter. The brand began as Camille's personal answer to the question of how to get dressed for work in a hot city without compromise — pieces that breathe, that hide the weather, that don't need to be ironed. Every fabric is wool-blend or linen-blend, woven by small Italian mills, finished to feel like silk. Nivara is not minimalist; it is unfussy. There is always a generous pocket, an extra centimeter of length, a hidden gusset. The aesthetic is what Camille calls 'the dress you forget you are wearing.' The house releases roughly twenty pieces per year across two collections and has built a quiet following among working women in Rome, Milan, and Paris.
Camille Vauthier moved to Rome from Lyon in 2016 to study at IED. She founded Nivara in 2020 with three pieces and a single Instagram account; the third piece sold to an editor at Vanity Fair Italia. Camille designs from a small studio above a panificio in Monti, where the smell of bread mixes with the smell of new wool.