The company’s legal entity is SAS ADEN, registered in Paris, with Adélaïde Enlart listed as publication director. The Vanity Boum trademark was filed with France’s INPI in 2017.[1]

Origins

The story of Vanity Boum began when Adélaïde Enlart encountered abandoned old glass lighting globes during trips and antique hunting. Rather than treating the pieces as obsolete objects, she saw the possibility of giving them another life.

She cleaned and restored the old glass, then combined it with new brass bases, electrical components, and coloured textile cords. The result was a new type of decorative lamp: part vintage object, part contemporary design piece.[2]

This philosophy became central to Vanity Boum: preserve the character of an old object while changing its function and context.

Enlart had previously worked in audiovisual production and cinema. As demand for her lamps increased, she eventually left that career to concentrate fully on Vanity Boum.[2]

2014–2016: Establishing the brand

Vanity Boum officially launched in 2014. In its early years, the brand distinguished itself through small collections of unique lamps made from salvaged and vintage glass.

Rather than producing identical objects at large scale, Enlart searched for old globes individually. Consequently, many early Vanity Boum lamps were essentially one-of-a-kind pieces. The brand describes this process as a patient search for old glass that has survived across generations.[1]

2017: Sézane collaboration and limited editions

A major turning point came in 2017, when Vanity Boum collaborated with French fashion brand Sézane. The resulting collection reportedly sold out within minutes, helping establish Vanity Boum beyond the niche vintage-decoration market.[1]

That same year, the company began moving beyond purely one-off vintage pieces and introduced its first limited-edition collections, allowing the brand to preserve its vintage-inspired identity while developing lamps that could be reproduced.

2018: Le Bon Marché

In 2018, Vanity Boum held its first physical pop-up at Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris. According to the brand, the event was highly successful and marked an important step in establishing Vanity Boum within the French design and lifestyle scene.

2019: Diptyque and growing visibility

In 2019, Vanity Boum created a small collection of vintage-globe table lamps for a pop-up associated with French fragrance house Diptyque. The pieces sold out repeatedly, reinforcing the brand’s reputation for highly desirable, small-batch lighting.

During this period, international media also began describing Vanity Boum as an emerging French lighting label whose vintage glass lamps could sell out almost immediately.

2020–2022: From vintage restoration to design editions

Over the following years, Vanity Boum expanded its design vocabulary. The brand continued sourcing antique glass while simultaneously developing new models based on vintage forms.

The company describes this period as one of developing new shapes, colours, and interpretations of vintage design. The objective was no longer simply to restore old lamps, but to create new objects that feel as though they belong to another era.

2022: LouLou

One of the brand’s most recognisable newer designs is LouLou, introduced in 2022.

LouLou represents a shift from the one-off vintage globe toward a more modular, contemporary product. The lamp has a rounded, cheerful, distinctly 1970s-inspired form, with interchangeable bases and shades in different colours. Vanity Boum describes it as a joyful, retro lamp created partly as a celebration of childhood and the founder’s daughter.

2023 onward

In 2023, Vanity Boum returned to Le Bon Marché with another pop-up combining vintage pieces and editions. It also collaborated with Bilboquet Déco, creating new variations around the LouLou base and colour palette.

More recently, the brand has continued developing collaborations and limited-edition versions of its lamps. For example, a collaboration with French textile and design label Lucas du Tertre brought five of the latter’s colourful prints to the LouLou lamp in a limited capsule collection.[3]

A 2025 podcast episode marking the brand’s 10-year history described Vanity Boum as having evolved from Adélaïde’s practice of collecting old globes into a broader lighting label with its own editions and an increasingly developed artisanal approach.[4]

Vanity Boum’s identity is essentially built around a dialogue between past and present.

The brand’s original concept can be summarised as:

old glass + contemporary craftsmanship + playful colour = a new life for vintage objects

Its lamps often retain visible traces of their historical character rather than attempting to make vintage materials look completely new.

The aesthetic draws particularly heavily on Art Deco, mid-century, and 1960s–70s design, but Vanity Boum avoids simply reproducing historical lamps. Instead, it uses older forms as starting points for new combinations of glass, brass, colour, and proportion.[2]

Adélaïde Enlart has cited travel, architecture, fashion, art, everyday objects, and craftsmanship as sources of inspiration. She has also identified Art Deco opaline glass as one of her favourite historical design references.

One of the most distinctive aspects of Vanity Boum is its use of pre-existing vintage glass.

Technically, the process can be considered a form of upcycling: old glass shades are recovered, cleaned, and incorporated into newly constructed lamps. Enlart herself has described the approach as upcycling, although she has said that she does not necessarily use the term as the primary way of describing the brand.

This approach gives the vintage collection an important characteristic: scarcity.

Because the supply of suitable historical globes is limited, a particular lamp may never be reproduced exactly. Vanity Boum itself notes that its vintage lamps are often unique pieces and are rarely restocked.

This makes the brand’s vintage lamps function almost like small decorative collectibles rather than conventional mass-produced lighting.

Vanity Boum’s current product universe extends beyond its original vintage table lamps.

Its collections include Mona, Colette, Coco, LouLou, and LouLou x Bilboquet, alongside individual vintage pieces and other lighting designs.

Products include:

• Table lamps
• Vintage table lamps
• Wall lights / sconces
• Pendant lights
• Decorative shades
• Interchangeable lampshades
• Lighting accessories

The company’s current catalogue includes numerous vintage-inspired models with names such as Daria, Lily, Lotus, Jana, Baby Lelia, and Baby Lotus, alongside its more contemporary collections.

LouLou

LouLou is particularly important to the brand’s modern identity. Its rounded silhouette and extensive colour options allow customers to combine different components, giving the lamp a more customisable character than Vanity Boum’s traditional one-off vintage pieces.

Although Vanity Boum is strongly associated with vintage sourcing, its newer editions involve European manufacturing and artisan production.

The company states that all of its lamps are manufactured in Europe, while the bases for its lamps, wall lights, and pendant lights are manufactured in Portugal by a small-scale factory. The components are CE-certified.

This represents an important evolution in the brand: Vanity Boum combines second-life vintage materials with contemporary European manufacturing rather than relying exclusively on antique restoration.

Collaborations have played a significant role in Vanity Boum’s growth and visibility.

Notable partnerships include:

• Sézane — a major early collaboration in 2017 that helped propel the brand’s popularity.[1]
• Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche — physical pop-ups in Paris, including 2018 and 2023.
• Diptyque — a 2019 collection of vintage-globe lamps.
• Bilboquet Déco — collaborations involving variations of LouLou’s bases and colours.
• Lucas du Tertre — a limited LouLou capsule using the textile brand’s colourful prints.[3]

The brand has also worked on lighting projects for hospitality, retail, and other interior spaces across France and Europe.[1]

Vanity Boum occupies an interesting position between several categories:

Vintage design — because many of its lamps incorporate genuine old glass.

Contemporary design — because the objects are reconstructed or newly designed for modern interiors.

Craft and artisanal production — because sourcing, glasswork, assembly, and small-scale manufacturing are important to its identity.

Luxury lifestyle — because of the brand’s scarcity, collaborations, presentation, and positioning, although it is not a traditional high-luxury lighting house.

Sustainable design — particularly through its reuse of existing vintage glass rather than manufacturing every component from raw materials.

The result is a brand that could broadly be described as French contemporary decorative lighting rooted in vintage design and collectible objects.

The Vanity Boum aesthetic is recognisable for its:

• Soft, sometimes candy-like colour palettes
• Brass and warm metallic details
• Opaline and translucent glass
• Rounded silhouettes
• Vintage-inspired proportions
• 1960s–70s references
• Art Deco influences
• Feminine and playful styling
• Small-scale, jewellery-like appearance

The lamps are intentionally designed to feel like decorative objects even when they are switched off. This is particularly important to Vanity Boum’s proposition: the lamp is not merely an appliance providing illumination but an object that contributes to the personality of a room.

Vanity Boum primarily operates through its own online store. Its FAQ states that the company’s workplace is not currently open to customers and that collections are sold online and shipped through its logistics partner.

The brand has nevertheless maintained a physical presence through temporary retail experiences, particularly its collaborations and pop-ups at Le Bon Marché.

Its packaging also reflects an effort toward reduced material impact: the company says its edition products are shipped in custom boxes made from 50% recycled and 100% recyclable cardboard, manufactured in the Paris region.

Adélaïde Enlart is the founder and creative force behind Vanity Boum.

Before establishing the lighting brand, she worked in audiovisual production and cinema. Her transition into design was driven less by conventional industrial-design training than by her fascination with objects, materials, and the possibilities hidden in discarded vintage glass.[2]

Her role has expanded from designer and vintage hunter into that of a creative director and entrepreneur, overseeing product development, collaborations, sourcing, and the broader direction of the brand.

Her approach is notably personal: Vanity Boum’s lamps are often given individual names, and the company describes its collections almost as little families of objects.[2]

Vanity Boum is representative of a broader movement in contemporary French design toward reinterpreting vintage rather than simply reproducing it.

Its importance lies less in technological innovation and more in its ability to turn an overlooked material—old glass lighting globes—into a desirable contemporary design object.

The brand also illustrates how a small independent design studio can use:

• Limited production
• Direct online sales
• Social-media-driven desirability
• Strategic collaborations
• Vintage sourcing
• Strong visual branding

to build a recognisable international design identity.

Its collaborations with fashion, fragrance, retail, and lifestyle brands helped position lighting within the broader French fashion-and-interiors ecosystem, rather than confining Vanity Boum to the traditional lighting industry.

Vanity Boum is a Paris-based French lighting label founded by Adélaïde Enlart in 2014, known for transforming vintage glass globes and retro-inspired forms into colourful, poetic, and collectible lamps that blend French vintage aesthetics with contemporary European craftsmanship.[1]

Note on the founding date

Some secondary articles give earlier dates when discussing the beginnings of Enlart’s work, but Vanity Boum’s own official history and independent contemporary coverage identify 2014 as the brand’s launch year. Therefore, 2014 is used as the official founding date.[1]

1. L’histoire – Vanity Boum
2. Rencontre avec Adélaïde, la créatrice de Vanity Boum – Numéro Une
3. Vanity Boum x LDT – Lucas du Tertre
4. (BEST OF) #124 Vanity Boum : les jolis luminaires vintage d’Adélaïde | DECODEUR, décoration et design | Ausha