FASHION D 37 ***************************************************************** 1. WHERE DID YOU GROW UP – AND WERE YOU SURROUNDED BY ART, MUSIC AND FASHION OR WAS IT SOMETHING YOU SOUGHT OUT ON YOUR OWN? I GREW UP IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, 50 KM NORTH OF MONTPELLIER, SURROUNDED BY NATURE. 2. WHY DID YOU GET INTO FASHION INITIALLY – WAS BEING A FASHION DESIGNER SOMETHING YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF? I ALWAYS LOVED CLOTHES AND STYLE SINCE I REMEMBER MYSELF. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DESIGNING AS A PROFESSION, IT JUST CAME OUT NATURALLY. 3. WHAT IS THE FASHION SCENE IN NEW YORK LIKE? THERE ARE SO MANY INNOVATIVE YOUNG DESIGNERS COMING OUT ... WHAT IS DIFFERENT TO PARIS, MILAN AND OTHER EUROPEAN CITIES? CREATIVE, STREET AND ROCK….LOTS OF TATTOOS. NY HAS A NY STYLE….WHERE EUROPE MEETS AMERICA. NY STYLE IS INFLUENCED BY AMERICAN MUSIC. 4.YOU ARE KNOWN FOR AN OWN APPROACH TOWARDS CUTTING, SEWING AND FITTING. IS THERE ALSO A CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT WE DON´T SEE FIRST IN YOUR DESIGNS? I DO ALL WORK AS A COUTURIER. 5. HOW DOES THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING LOOK LIKE AND WITH WHAT DO YOU START WITH? IT IS BASICALLY A COMMUNICATION WITH THE FABRIC I CHOSE TO WORK WITH…AND THE FEELINGS THAT COMES OUT OF IT. 6. WHAT DOES CREATION MEAN TO YOU? IS IT AN EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS? CREATION CAN ONLY BE FEELINGS. IT IS THE MOST PERSONAL EXPRESSION, THE INSIDE OUT! THE REAL YOU! 7. WHICH THREE WORDS COULD DESCRIBE YOUR STYLE THE BEST? ARTISTIC, CREATIVE AND ELEGANT. 8.YOU MOSTLY DESIGN DRESSES AND SKIRTS? WHY? DO YOU FEEL TO HAVE A BIGGER UNDERSTANDING FOR WOMAN, THEN FOR MAN? I DESIGN DRESSES AND SKIRTS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FIRST ELEMENTS WHICH DEFINES A WOMAN, BUT I AM COMING UP WITH PANTS AND JACKETS THIS YEAR. I AM VERY BUSY THINKING WOMAN BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THINKING MEN! 9. THE THEME OF THIS ISSUE IS FLORA, I DIDN´T ASK YOU FOR YOUR PERSONAL MEANING FOR THAT. WHAT DOES FLORA, BLOSSOMS ... MEAN TO YOU AND HOW DO YOU SEE A CONNECTION TO YOUR WORK. WOMAN CREATE LIFE…SHE EXPERIENCES BLOSSOMING! WOMAN IS CLOSE TO FLOWER…THEY ARE BEAUTY FIRST…JUST LIKE FLOWERS. 10. WHO AND WHAT INSPIRES YOU? I LET MY IMAGINATION TAKE ME, I GO WITH IT AND I LET IT BE. *****************************************************************
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