With literally hours to go before the Haute Couture begins
its moment in the fashion spotlight, the last in my week’s pre couture series
is Alexis Mabille. In case you are not aware of this young virtuoso, then these
next few minutes will prove very enlightening.
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| portrait by Marc-Antoine Coulon |
Monsieur Mabille surpasses the moniker of triple threat as
he is a designer of Haute Couture, of womenswear, of menswear and also is a
retailer. He is also one of youngest of the designers to inhabit the world of Haute
Couture. From the very first time, I saw his collections; I was immediately
fascinated and swept into his body of work. In case you can’t figure it out,
Mabille has a preoccupation with a “bow!” I am a sucker for a great bow ever
since I can recall them at Yves St Laurent and Valentino or any collection
where they play a prominent facet of a collection.
Monsieur Mabille displays a mixture of old world refinement,
raffine, soigne and present day ideas of how one dresses with every collection.
For me it is his influences that attract
me and the staggering results that they yield. Make no mistake that each
segment of his work has a clear outlook and vision; it is no mistake that the
haute Couture skews a bit more mature and with much grander gestures while the
ready to wear collections for both men and women are younger and more
adventurous in spirit. Very few designers have the means, the talents and
opportunity to expose so many facets of fashion talent within their body of
work.
Before I get carried away with personal praise and
observation... Please meet Alexis Mabille… (Please note that very little has
been corrected to conform to perfect English with the intention of retaining
all the charm and integrity of his replies)
1-What is the most treasured possession
in your wardrobe?
My 18th century fabric fur coat
hoodie
2-What is your most sterling trait
and what trait do you treasure most in your friendships?
My sterling trait is my loyalty and
it is the same thing I treasure in my friendship
3-What is your bliss?
My cat Papillon
4-What is your guilty secret?
Nothing
5-Where is your ideal home?
In Paris
6-If you could not be a
designer/retailer/etc.: what would you be
I would be an event planner
7-What is on your bedside table right
now?
A crystal glass of water
8-What do you wear to bed?
nothing
9-What if any, book are you reading
now or last read?
Leslie Caron Memories
10-What’s your advice to the
“newcomer?”
Just do it!
11-Who or what is your
inspiration/style icon?
Katherine Hepburn
12-What is the best advice you ever
received?
To follow my ideas
13-In 3 words or less, describe the
current state of fashion.
Fantasy
Craziness
Excitation
14-If you were a retailer, would you
wear your own designs or shop in your own store?
Yes I do it everyday
or where would you shop?
I shop in all Paris, in cute
multibrand shops or more famous ones but I am open to all what I see
15-If you won a $200,000,000 power
ball (lottery), what is the first thing you would buy or do?
I d buy a hotel particulier in Paris
16-If you could invite up to 4 people
for dinner, who would they be…dead or alive?
Dita von Teese, Cleopatre, James Dean
and Jesus Christ
17-What is your favorite movie /or
movie star?
Gone in the wind
18-What is the one thing you would
change about yourself?
My size
19-Whose opinion do you value most
and why?
My mother one she is the most honest
person
20-What store or which designer do
you most like to shop in or wear?
I love to shop at astier de villate
for tableware
I love to shop in the porte de vanves
flea market
And actually for men I love a new
label “cuisse de grenouille”
21-What’s your take on magazines,
books versus the internet?
I love paper magazines, I love the
materiality of it... same for books that I keep forever... with the net I am
more in the fast information
22-Do you have a dream collaborator?
Yes to have a second me to sometime
do little breaks
23-What is your crowning achievement
thus far in your career?
To actually have my own company and
to see peoples wearing my clothes in the street
24-What’s your music library like?
Like an iPod, full of show
compilations so every eclectic done by mr X my sound designer
25-What and where is your favorite
meal?
Actually some kamcha crab at Kaspia
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