"A unique exhibition-event that shows (and sells) garments reawakened by the personality of the women who wore them and the designers who created them"
A group of around twenty fashion savvy women, protagonists of the fashion and
art scene including Tilda Swinton, Martine Sitbon and Cathy Pill kindly donated their most cherished pieces with Olivier Saillard curating the exhibition, writing a little poem, evoking the identity of these women. This is an online collaboration between Yoox and Galerie de Mode. The exhibition was held on the 23rd of January, the beginning of Paris Fashion Week and since then every piece has been on sale on the Yoox website.
Here are some of the choice picks that are still up for grabs…that is if you have a lot of £$£$. If not, going on the site and ogling at the clothes is gratis!
From left to right: Comme des Garcons blazer £816 (donated by Kate Jebb, photographer0, Christian Lacroix velvet blazer £680 (donated by Marie Seznek, director of Maison Lacroix), Maria Cornejo top £476, Cathy Pill dress £782, Romeo Gigli skirt £1,496 (yikes – donated by Charlotte Flossart), Marni coat £884 (donated by Atlantique Ascoli)
And the amazing Tilda Swinton donated this gorgeous piece by Y’s Yohji Yamamoto which has now been sold
I can just about understand the little bit of poetry dedicated to Tilda – very fitting!
my god…they are all so expensiveeeee~ I really don’t see how they are worth that much~ the only thing i like is the marni coat~~
for those who don’t speak french the poem says:
non washable in washing machine
you are speaking to a voice recorder
I cannot answer you
you cannot leave a message
(!)
There was a time when I was shocked by the price of high fashion, but you know, you have to think of them as pieces of art. I’m sure it took some time to think up those designs and make them.
Photos can’t possibly do these pieces justice especially straightforward on the dummy pics like these. If I had these garments on, I would just be able to ‘feel’ their worth.
Cachou: Thank you for that translation! That’s roughly what I had in my head (!) despite my hokey GCSE French skills….