Shop Sézane France.
Deliver it to USA.

Be honest about the angle first: Sézane already ships direct to the US (3–4 business days from France) and even runs a returns warehouse in New Jersey, so buying Sézane from France to ship to the USA isn't about unlocking a blocked store. It's about price. The same pieces list roughly 20–33% higher on the US site than in euros on the French/EU storefront, and that euro storefront also shows France-first drops (collections release Wednesdays and Sundays) plus the twice-yearly Archives sale in January and August. So you forward from a France address to pay the Paris euro price, not the US-site surcharge — keeping in mind the French price already includes 20% VAT, which stays baked in when you forward (a forwarder cannot reclaim it for you).

Buy the named 'French Heroes' Sézane is actually known for, because those carry the biggest dollar gap and the most reliable fit notes. The flagship is the Gaspard cardigan, a soft mohair/baby-alpaca knit with pearl-effect buttons reissued every season in new colors (about €100 in France vs $120 on the US site). The Emilie cardigan is the second signature knit. For outerwear, the Scott trench is the perennial hero (cut intentionally oversized). The Victor leather bag anchors the accessories line, and Albane loafers and Simon sneakers are the recurring footwear staples.

Knitwear is the category to forward — it's lightweight, it has the deepest color run on the euro site, and the savings stack. If you can time it, the Archives sale (Jan & Aug) layers past-season discounts on top of the euro-vs-dollar gap. Get the size right the first time (the product-page size note is reliable), claim your free France forwarding address, and run your basket through the on-page calculator for a landed-cost estimate before you check out.

Sézane labels everything in French/EU sizing (roughly FR 32–48 = XXS–XXXL), and the single most useful fact is that it runs small overall — so for most US shoppers, size up if you're between sizes. Match the EU number in the table below rather than the US number on the tag of your usual brand: as a rule, US numeric is roughly FR minus 30, and UK is about US plus 4. The smallest-running pieces are fitted tops, blouses and lace-detail styles (like the Rym), and denim, which all run notably small. Knitwear and basic tops are generally true to size; the slim French-cut trousers mean curvier figures should size up; and the Scott trench is intentionally oversized, so don't size up on that one.

Shoes use EU sizing and run small and narrow — size up. The good news is that every Sézane product page carries an item-specific 'size up / true to size / size down' note, and it's reliable, so always check it before ordering. That matters more than usual here because the prepaid return label is tied to your shipping/account country, which makes cross-border returns slower (more in the returns section). Get the fit right the first time, claim your free France forwarding address, and our team can sanity-check a size against the product-page note before you order.

Sézane is mostly lightweight apparel, which is the best case for forwarding. A single knit like the Gaspard cardigan or a blouse packs to roughly 0.3–0.6 kg, and a typical one-to-two-piece clothing order lands around 0.5–1.5 kg. The heavier exceptions are the Scott trench and wool coats (~1–1.5 kg, and bulky — watch volumetric weight), leather bags like the Victor (~0.6–1.2 kg with dust bag and box), and boxed shoes (~0.8–1.3 kg per pair). Most representative single-garment parcels fall in the ~0.5–1 kg actual-weight range.

Two things drive your cost. First, couriers bill the higher of actual versus volumetric (dimensional) weight, so a boxed wool coat or a shoe box can be 'charged' heavier than the scale says — knitwear and folded apparel rarely have this problem, which is part of why they're the smart things to forward. Second, consolidation: because Sézane drops new colors on Wednesdays and Sundays and the Archives sale runs in waves, you'll often place several orders. We can hold and combine them into one box for up to 60 days, so you pay one international leg instead of several. Register to claim your free France forwarding address, then run your exact basket through the on-page calculator for a live France-to-US rate — and remember one box also means one customs entry, so we estimate your full landed cost (shipping plus any US duty) before you commit.

By EU-brand standards Sézane's return policy is generous: it offers free, prepaid-label returns for shoppers in the US, Canada, UK, EU, Australia and Switzerland, and you print the official label from your account (US returns process via Sézane's New Jersey warehouse). But two things make returns harder once you forward through an EU address. First, the window is short and strict — 15 days from delivery — and refunds take roughly 2–3 weeks after Sézane receives the item. Second, and more important for forwarding: the prepaid label is tied to your shipping/account country, so a parcel sent to an EU (France) warehouse and reshipped to the US is treated as an EU order, and the return runs against that EU order rather than from your US doorstep.

The practical reality is to treat euro-source Sézane purchases as largely commitment buys. The good news is that fit is very predictable here: every product page carries a reliable item-specific 'size up / true to size / size down' note, so confirm fit before you order and you'll rarely need to return. Archives and sale items are returnable (not final), which helps if you shop the Jan/Aug sale. Get the size right the first time, and our team can sanity-check a size against the product-page note before you commit.