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"Le Neko Noir, is an Indie brand and boutique of handmade sleeping masks that are dark, dreamy & DAMN cute. Our adorable eye masks are designed and created by Annie Andre, specifically for the big kid in all of us who wants cute, quirky or fun styling but not at the expense of quality, comfort or function. Our mission is to lovingly design and create fun, artisan quality sleep masks that not only help you sleep better, but also make you look cuter and feel better so you can follow your dreams day and night, at home or on the go. You’ll find Lot’s of designs to match your personality & style."Welcom to Le Neko Noir. A cute but quirky independent boutique stuffed with sweet handmade sleeping masks & travel goodies meant to improve your everyday life. Step inside our little online shop and you are instantly transformed to a kid again as you are surrounded by a little paradise where you can satisfy your personal style and find gifts to improve your everyday life both outside and inside. A magical place where founder and owner Annie Andre, a seeker of emerging trends carefully designs and hand-makes sleeping masks and travel centric gifts to match & blend just about anyone's inner child and personal style with your need for affordable & practical functionality. Annie puts a distinct focus on each customers comfort, fit and personal style. Her designs are inspired by dead tired kitties who like to take catnaps, magical night owls, deadly ninjas, Japanese pop culture, French childrens themes and plain old life.
We promise, we design, and create 100% artisan quality sleeping masks and travel accessories inspired by your need for something as fun as it is functional. Everything is made with love and attention to detail by hand using thread, needle, and usually on our vintage Pfaff sewing machine. None of the items you find in our shop are mass produced in a factory overseas.
No other maker of sleep masks and travel accessories follows our approach. Ours is the only gift-able brand of artisan quality sleep masks that not only help you sleep better by blocking out light, but also enchant you because we lovingly embroider and applique the things you find fun, quirky or cute directly onto the canvas of each sleep mask. The result is a sleep mask that brings out the kid in you and matches your distinct style and personality. Why do we go to such lengths to merge a sleep mask that is as fun as it is functional? We believe sleep masks should help you sleep, not put you to sleep.
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We're like you: active, busy, and needing rest. You want high-quality, unique products that are fun and cute and functional. There's no reason these passions can't be combined. Fun, functional and unique doesn't have to be expensive, yet it often is.
Le Neko Noir was created by Annie Andre. Annie discovered that sleeping masks were a simple, affordable, and natural way to help you sleep. They're main purpose is to block out light so you can concentrate on sleeping. She went out in search of a soft, comfortable and fun sleeping mask to match her personality and personal style that would not only help her sleep better at night, but also give her the freedom to take catnaps on lazy afternoons and help her forget her motion-sickness and concentrate on sleeping while traveling on a plane trip, in a car or on a metro. She quickly became frustrated and disenchanted by the lack of quality sleep masks that were well made, comfortable and fun to wear. Many were comfortable but boring, others were cute but were shoddily made and fell apart. Others were too expensive for what they were. And almost all of the sleeping masks were mass produced in some factory over seas. In the end, Annie decided to make her own sleeping mask that was as much fun to look at as they were functional and fun to wear. One that would match her personal style like a pair of quirky pajamas. Her first sleeping mask was the a black cat sleeping mask (after all cats love to take naps). She hand embroidered and appliqued two little x's to signify the kitty was dead tired. It worked like a charm. Best of all, to counter her motion sickness, she carries one with her and slips one on whenever she feels the slightest bit of motion sickness occurring. She slept like a baby or dead kitty"
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Le Neko Noir, pronounced "luh necko nwohr" is similar to a portmanteau: combining two or more words and their meanings into a new word. In this case, two languages are blended. "Neko" is Japanese for cat and "Le Noir" is French for "the black". Le Neko Noir means the black cat.
Why cats? Why French and Japanese? Annie lived in Tokyo, Japan for three years where the quirky, off beat kawaii street style had a profound effect on her taste. Likewise, French culture, especially French children's motifs, also influences her designs. Her family is Francophone, French Canadians. Cat themes are common to both cultures and proved a good fit to mix the two.
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