La tête dans les Lilas

LA TETE DANS LES LILAS

 » LORD HENRY, ENTERING THE GARDEN, FOUND DORIAN GRAY WITH HIS

FACE BURIED IN A FRESH BOUQUET OF LILACS, ARDENTLY INHALING THE PERFUME LIKE A PRECIOUS WINE… HE WAS BARE – HEADED, AND THE LEAVES HAD DISTURBED HIS REBELLIOUS CURLS, EMMELED THEIR GOLDEN THREADS. »

THIS SENTENCE FROM OSCAR WILDE’S PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY REMINDS

ME OF MY MOTHER’S FAMILY HOME, WHERE I GREW UP, ADMIRING

THE   LILACS IN THE GARDEN.

I ‘VE ALWAYS IMAGINED WHAT THIS PERSON WOULD LOOK LIKE TODAY, STROLLING THROUGH THE STREETS OF PARIS: THE DANDY OF MODERN TIMES.

ATTITUDE

TRANSCRIBING THE AND POSTURE OF A DANDY WAS A KEY-ELEMENT IN MY COLLECTION. THE CUTS CORRESPOND TO A MOVEMENT, SOMEWHAT STRANGE, THAT DIFFERENTIATES HIM FROM OTHERS. HE PAUSES IN FRONT OF HIS MIRROR, PREPARES HIMSELF AND LEANS OVER HIS DRESSING TABLE TO POLISH OFF THE FINAL DETAILS BEFORE GOING OUT…

THE CHOICE OF FABRICS IS ALSO MAJOR IN DEFINING THE DELICACY AND

ELEGANCE THAT CHARACTERISES THEM. SILK CREPE, CALAIS DENTELLE, TULLE, ENGLISH WOOL BUT ALSO TECHNICAL MATERIALS, COTTON AND POLYESTER ARE PART OF THE LANGUAGE OF TODAY’S DANDY.

THE PIECES MIX THE I 9TH AND 2I ST CENTURIES. THIS IS A REINTERPRET-ATION OF ALL THE IMAGES COLLECTED OVER MONTHS, EVEN YEARS, TO CREATE A PORTRAIT OF DANDY 2.O .

THE ACCESSORIES HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO COMPLEMENT THE SILHOUETTES.

THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS THE EPHEMERE OF BEAUTY; THAT WHICH WITH TIME DISAPPEARS FROM OUR BODY BUT IS FIXED IN OUR CLOTHES.

THIS COLLECTION IS FOR MY FATHER, WHOSE ELEGANCE AND LIFESTYLE I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED.