Sophie Lagreula has had a convoluted journey. Passionate about drawing, she transposed her creations onto crockery, winning her prestigious collaborations and a new shop in the gardens of the Palais Royal. Then, in the late 1990s, she gave it all up to move south. There she designed product lines for Pierre Frey and Fragonard, while [...]
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Feb 13
SOUS LES PAVES – PARIS @ PREMIERE CLASSE
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Michel Vivien @ Première Classe
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Michel Vivien likes two things above all else: women and flowers. His designs are odes to femininity which react to the seasons. A student of the painter Alechinsky, Michel Vivien is one of the last representatives of an era where art and commerce were one. Warhol closed that era but Michel Vivien continues to uphold [...]
Read the rest of this entryVeja is more than a brand – it is a project. A project about life, about the future of humanity. Apart from the quality and simple and obvious beauty of its shoes, Veja offers total transparency into its manufacturing methods. Organic cotton from north-eastern Brazil, wild rubber from Amazonia, leather tanned using acacia bark – [...]
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Mar 12
Les Bijoux de Sophie @ Première Classe
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The brand Les Bijoux de Sophie (Sophie’s Jewellery) could equally have been called Sophie’s Universe since her particularly incongruous creations plunge us into a completely unusual Baroque, almost fairytale, world. Sophie Levy, the ambassador for this world, claims influences as diverse as the animal kingdom, the Surrealists and the Romantics. For her, everything is paradoxical, [...]
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Mar 12
Gaspard Yurkievich @ Première Classe
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Gaspard Yurkievich was born in Paris in 1972 and this year his brand is celebrating its 14th anniversary. Menswear, womenswear, shoes and even tights – Gaspard Yurkievich’s graphic spirit can be found in all his collections and tenderly retro lines. Although ultra chic, the designs are not easy to pigeonhole, like the punk fragrances of [...]
Read the rest of this entrySeen and admired at the Première Classe trade show, Maison Thomas bags are an exquisite representation of French craftsmanship and culture. It must be said that having been designed at the foot of the Eiffel tower and manufactured close to the famous châteaux of the Loire valley, these elegant creations have been raised from birth [...]
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