haute couture
Bold Upcycling
For the annual art issue of Crash magazine, winter 2017-2018, I wrote an article on the upcoming collaboration between Viktor & Rolf and Zalando, that I am sharing on the Daily Couture. The collaboration is one of the many emerging collaborations illustrating that the fashion industry leaders are beginning to give their manufacturing productions a … Continue reading “Bold Upcycling”
Heritage Award
That is very good news, which I wanted to share with you on The Daily Couture blog, my short documentary fashion film, The Dream artisans, received the Heritage Award at the International Film Festival on Fine Crafts in France. I feel very grateful to have been surrounded by a great team to make the pilot. … Continue reading “Heritage Award”
My Film in Competition!
Good news to share on The Daily Couture: my short documentary film is part of the Official Selection at the International Film Festival about Master Craftsmanship taking place in France on April 7-10. The film also competes for the “Prix des Ecoles” (Prize awarded by students). I am particularly happy about it as the aim … Continue reading “My Film in Competition!”
(3) Journey into Couture 2015
Embracing aging & couture: “the reality of what Haute Couture means today” was Alexis Mabille’s statement the Daily Couture shares with this third part on the Paris Couture Week fall winter 2015-2016. The haute couture overwhelming ethereal pink carpet dresses, each of them tailor-made for the couturier’s 15 muses, were gathered in the glamorous Opera … Continue reading “(3) Journey into Couture 2015”
(2)Journey into Couture FW 2015
The Daily Couture’s second part on Fall Winter 2015-2016 couture collections in Paris presents Stéphane Rolland’s promising intimate couture experience I was eagerly looking forward to attending. The very chic 10 Avenue George V had been heralded as the venue of the couture show. The Salon Haute Couture of the couturier would be the place, … Continue reading “(2)Journey into Couture FW 2015”
(1) Journey into Couture 2015
No better than Couture Weeks to reveal the art craftsmanship of fashion to the world and make one’s mission statement spread to the fashion scene like Dice Kayek did it : let’s keep on living with artisanal heartbeat and tailoring in today’s hurried world and fast fashion. We were being told by the Paris-based Franco-Turkish … Continue reading “(1) Journey into Couture 2015”
Repetto,Tiffany&Co,Ingie Chalhoub
For the Fall issue of quarterly Paris-based magazine Crash, I wrote several articles on fashion, art and also master craftsmanship, of course. For the Daily Couture readers, these latter ones are available online below! REPETTO The issue of training of future artisans is key for French fashion brands renowned for their master craftsmanship in the … Continue reading “Repetto,Tiffany&Co,Ingie Chalhoub”
Dice Kayek Couture A/H 15
2014 : une année marquante pour Dice Kayek, la marque franco-turque, créée en 1992, par deux sœurs, Ece Ege, directrice de la création, et Ayşe Ege, manager de l’entreprise. Cette année, Dice Kayek s’est vue décernée le Jameel Prize 3 du Victoria & Albert Museum, récompensant des œuvres d’art et de design contemporaines inspirées de … Continue reading “Dice Kayek Couture A/H 15”
The Other Couture Show
─ Paris, July 2014, Haute Couture Week. Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture Autumn Winter Hiver 2014 – 2015, Cinema Elysées Biarritz. To which extent can a designer express his creativity within the media coverage of fashion? “At one point I felt I was acting like a robot, I found myself of needing to go and see … Continue reading “The Other Couture Show”
Visite Atelier Couture
Pour commencer une semaine autrement…par une parenthèse enchantée dans la vie d’un atelier de couture d’exception ! Et pourquoi pas, car les vacances scolaires peuvent signifier pour certains le moment venu pour s’immerger dans ce qui sort de l’ordinaire, dans l’univers de la haute couture… Êtes-vous disponible le 28 avril après-midi? Êtes-vous passionné par l’univers de … Continue reading “Visite Atelier Couture”
Crafted Fashion Style
What about sharing with you posts about emerging designers and brands that somehow address the issues of master craftsmanship the Daily Couture is so interested in? Designers are the visionaries, the dream makers master craftsmen do need to collaborate with: to have the practice of their own master craftsmanship twisted, challenged and revisited by designers … Continue reading “Crafted Fashion Style”
The Haute Couture Weave
For the Daily Couture, this video features beautiful eye-catching artisanal gestures filled with a lovely and touching poetry flavor making the practice of master craftsmanship of Haute Couture so awesome and unique. Maity Tanguy’s love for weaving was what inspired this clip: how dedicated she is to her artisanal art fueling the inspiration of fashion … Continue reading “The Haute Couture Weave”
Haute Couture Tour
As fashion’s elite will gather in Paris next week for the Fall Winter 2013 – 2014 Haute Couture week, the Daily Couture is paying homage to the most talented master craftsmen of Haute Couture… Save the date: on July 3rd, The Daily Couture organizes a highly special visit to a master craftsman’s atelier in Paris! … Continue reading “Haute Couture Tour”
Mode Made in France
Qu’en est-il de la mode “made in France” du point de vue de ses fabricants en ces temps d’engouement pour le “made in France”? Le 10 et 11 avril 2013 se tenait la 10ème édition du Salon Made in France de la Haute Façon française où se rassemblaient les professionnels de la mode, ses fabricants … Continue reading “Mode Made in France”
Graduate Fashion Week
Alongside greats like Raf Simons for Dior haute couture and Martin Margiela’s artisanal line, graduates of the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD) counted themselves among the highlights of the 2012/2013 Autumn/Winter haute couture week in Paris The Daily Couture looked forward to bringing to light. Fashion & Sense Fashion Show 2012 at the … Continue reading “Graduate Fashion Week”
Shang Xia’s project
Master craftsmanship revisited by Shang Xia, recognized as “the Chinese Hermès” since it was created by Hermès in 2009. Below is my interview with Jiang Qiong Er, artistic director, designer and CEO of the house. A forward thinking vision of master craftsmanship that is to be discovered below : Interview with Jiang Qiong Er, Shang … Continue reading “Shang Xia’s project”
Journées du Patrimoine
A l’occasion des Journées du Patrimoine ce samedi 17 et dimanche 18 septembre 2011, The Daily Couture retient ces immersions dans l’histoire et le savoir-faire de la couture française parmi les nombreuses visites proposées. Puisqu’il s’agit de patrimoine aujourd’hui, que diriez-vous d’un voyage dans le temps grâce à cette vidéo assez rigolote ? Avec une … Continue reading “Journées du Patrimoine”
Haute Fashion Recycling
What we have here is a collection from Maison Martin Margiela Haute Couture Fall Winter 2011-2012, with all its presentations in Paris … and with a traditional collection called “line 0” where right before our eyes, since 1989, fashion shows show off their unique creations made from these recycled materials. From all around the world, … Continue reading “Haute Fashion Recycling”
Rendez-vous Couture
What about getting into the heart of Paris know-how in couture ?! Experience the world of Parisian artisans and their timeless savoir-faire at the heart of French luxury! For you, we organize the I Love Paris Savoir-Faire bespoke tours with your exclusive encounters with artisans working for the big names of haute couture. Visits to … Continue reading “Rendez-vous Couture”
Signature Style
One dress only — one that did count as a fashion statement in the history of fashion is a terrific achievement for one designer, even if pulling it off only once, Olivier Saillard insists as the curator of « Histoire idéale de la mode contemporaine », volume II, dedicated to the 90’s and 2000’s,at the Arts Décoratifs … Continue reading “Signature Style”
Animal Welfare
Whether the animal has had a good life is at the heart of the matter in the making of first grade skins to be used in fashion and design, once we have eaten animal meat. With Vianney, a skinner and one of our craftsmen partners, specialized in supplying cattle and lambskin leather to the great … Continue reading “Animal Welfare”
Anne, Textile Finisher
Known by the big fashion names for her mastery in handmade fabric design, which she mainly uses in haute couture creations and home design, Anne, also one of our I Love Paris Savoir Faire craftsmen partners, has just completed the interior design of a four-star Paris hotel, The Belle Juliette, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Rooms, photo : … Continue reading “Anne, Textile Finisher”