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Thirty-eight-year old Christophe Guillarmé has always had a soft spot for Glam Rock and the great Hollywood divas. That’s where he drew inspiration for the upcoming autumn-winter season.
“I called this collection ‘Black Orchid’ in reference to Martin Ritt’s 1950’s classic starring Sophia Loren,” he told euronews. “For me, obviously, Sophia Loren is an icon from that era and I wanted to combine that retro feel with something a bit more contemporary and modern.”
“So I worked with neoprene for these 1950’s style dresses, which are revisited by using a contemporary material like neoprene. You can see we cut out shapes in the dress using lazer, so we’re playing with transparency. By using lazer, you get something that’s very close to a doily or an old-fashioned lace motif. If it were done by hand, you wouldn’t get such a regular pattern,” he explained.
After graduating from the Duperré College of
