Christiane Lemieux is a designer, entrepreneur, investor and best-selling author. She introduced LEMIEUX ET CIE, her newest luxury home furnishings brand, to the United States in 2020. Previously only available in Europe, the line is now online and in 180 design retail boutiques in the U.S. and Canada, with an exclusive collection debuting at Anthropologie in September 2021.
Prior to launching LEMIEUX ET CIE, she founded several other successful brands in the home design space, including DwellStudio, which was bought by Wayfair in 2013; The Inside, a direct-to-consumer (DtoC), technology-driven home furnishings brand, where she also served as CEO; and Cloth&Company a wholesale (BtoB), made-on-demand home furnishings brand. She is also an active investor in the Consumer and Tech sectors, with a focus on female founders, inclusivity and diversity.
A business expert and design historian, Christiane is a frequent contributor to publications such as Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Wired and The New York Times. Her first book, Undecorate (Random House/Clarkson Potter), was met with critical acclaim in 2011. Her second book, The Finer Things (Random House/Clarkson Potter), was published in 2016 and is still a bestseller on Amazon. Her first business book, Frictionless, was published in June 2020 and shortlisted for the Porchlight Business Book of the Year. Looking ahead, Christiane’s third design book will be published in Spring 2023. She was also the co-host and a judge on Ellen’s Design Challenge on HGTV and is a regular guest on MSNBC.
Recent accolades include being listed among House Beautiful’s 2020 Visionaries and Fast Company’s 2020 Most Innovative.
Christiane sits on the board of Every Mother Counts, a nonprofit founded by Christy Turlington Burns that works to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother, everywhere.
She is a proud graduate of Parsons School of Design and Queen’s University in Canada.
Christiane lives with her family in New York City.