PROFILE
. Born in Besançon, France in 1965. Graduated from Atelier Sable. He was appointed artistic director of Lacoste in 2002 and Hermès in 2011, and changed his brand name to "Lemaire" in 2004. In 2004, he changed his brand name to "Lemaire".
PROFILE
Born in Paris, France. Moved to New York with his family when he was very young. After graduating from college, he was hired by a publishing company in his native Paris, but left within 3 months to join Lemaire. Currently, she is in charge of women's wear and accessories as the right-hand woman at Lemaire.
Christian Lacroix saved my life.
. In this interview, I would like to get a closer look at the real image of the Lemaire brand. Could you tell us why you decided to become a designer in the first place?
Christophe Lemaire:. As a child, I dreamed of working in furniture and objects. In order to go on to art school, I started working part-time at , Mugler. I tried it and found it interesting , and I thought it was wonderful to be able to do something interesting and get paid for it (laughs). I thought how wonderful it was to be paid for doing something interesting (laughs). (Laughs). That is how I decided to work in the fashion world. I was young and just jumped into it, and I was selfless every day.
Gradually, however, I began to feel a frustration akin to impatience. . I had no interest in the state of the major fashion business. Christian Lacroix saved me from this agony. . I think he is a man who can be called an artist. He was free from conventional approaches and built a completely different style. . He taught me that I did not have to conform myself to the norms of the fashion village. I was also allowed to do press work (laughs), and I learned a lot from him. In the end, I worked there for four years.
Christophe, why were you interested in furniture and objects?
Kristof:To be more precise, I was more attracted to the beauty of the space they created than to the products themselves. . When I think about it, my mother may have been my role model. The tableware, the furniture, and their arrangement . Ah, yes, of course, the clothes as well, but she had her own aesthetic firmly in place. It was like Charlotte Perriand, for example. Perriand was a famous French architect who also served as Corbusier's pocket sword. The living spaces that Perriand created were wonderful.
Sarah Lynn was such a reminder of my mother. . When I met her, she was just starting her career, but I felt that we would be able to work together.
Sarah Lynn Tran:We met through literature. We hit it off through literature. I can't imagine anyone not being interested in literature (laughs).
Kristof:. I majored in literature when I was a student, and I am a bookworm at heart. I read French literature as well as Yukio Mishima and Junichiro Tanizaki. Through the written word, my heart was moved . How interesting it is, I felt. However, looking back on how we met and came to create "Lemaire" together, literature is only one element. . we resonated with everything.
Sarah Lynn:I left my dream job at a publishing house after three months and moved to " Lemaire. Of course, I knew nothing about clothes. The Lemaire studio was my school.
