Carole Lamotte, the greatest of Couture and Ready-to-Wear brands have and continue to entrust you, since 1919, with their wildest accessory dreams. Tell us about some crazy, extravagant pieces that Edgard Hamon is behind? I can think of a swan-shaped necklace that we had to glue 2,200 rhinestones onto, also a sumptuous necklace made of...
Admirer of beauty in all its forms and female purity, David Hamilton assures that in fashion, for a photo to be eternal, in this universe where everything is only made for a time, you have to purify out everything that could make the photo dated. And with the Pauline’s timeless silhouette, it’s a walk in...
It’s in a Hedi Slimane photoshoot that Cara Delevingne lasciviously strikes her pose alongside Cole Smith, reflecting with the same singularity the grunge universe that the designer attempts to infuse into his collections with an elegant melancholy. The creative director for Yves Saint Laurent uninhibitedly integrates musical flow into fashion:“I photograph a lot of musicians,...
« I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes. »
As a child, Jean-Louis Scherrer dreamed of becoming a dancer and would soon dedicate his time to dancing, his first talent. At the National Conservatory in Paris, he was familiarized with the female body in a quasi-organic way. But an accident diverted him from his first career choice. Encouraged by his mother, he drew, with...
According to denim historian Daniel Friedmann, the 501 is a sort of “fraternal second skin”. But when the Bavarian entrepreneur that Levi Strauss was set off in 1853 for a San Francisco overpopulated with miners on a quest for gold in the Sierra Nevada, he was far from suspecting that his denim would go down...
With his numerous borrowings from the male, blue collar wardrobe, he irrefutably earned his work a social dimension. Saint Laurent is style beyond fashion. In 1978, he showed his concept to journalist John Helpern: “What I want to make is a perfect type – a type of perfect garment, even if it’s a simple blouse...
Born in Paris, designer Phoebe Philo was destined to one day take off for England. Educated at Central Saint Martins in London, she would go back home in 1996 when she became the primary styling assistant at Chloé, during the Stella McCartney era. Phoebe Philo would reveal her true talent there. With desirability, she made...
Jean Paul Gaultier grew up with his grandmother in France’s Val-de-Marne. She would soon get him started in couture; it was only natural that at age 6 he created his very first outfits, to dress up his teddy bear. One day, he found a corset at his grandmother’s house. This piece, that once enclosed the...
After using 3D printing technology to create her last collection Voltage, the Dutch designer is again using her couture as a laboratory. By collaborating with architect Isaie Bloch, she’s put a technology made for human organ prototypes at her art’s disposition. Indeed, her creations come out as veritable sculptures. The garment becomes a mere pretext...
