French Designers
A medley of France’s most exciting brands visited Australia for the Sydney 2011 fair under Fashion Exposed’s International Guest Country Program.
Details regarding the International Guest Country Program for Melbourne 2011 will be available closer to the Fair.
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CHARLIE JOE. / www.charliejoe-fashion.com
Charlie Joe was born in Marseilles during Summer 2000. Many journeys abroad by its creators inspired the collections of Charlie Joe. Old materials, ancient books and visits to second-hand markets are the main source of inspiration. Using embroidery and exclusive prints are characteristic signs of the brand. You’ll find very feminine lines, slim and full, always wrapped in natural materials. A line of accessories completes each collection. Harmony is the key word for the colours and shapes of this brand.
A brand that is bohemian and suitable for the city at the same time, and whose contempory lines give a little Mediterranean holiday air.
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ONE STEP / www.onestep.fr
The One Step universe is subtly reworked for each collection. What’s the secret? It enhances every facet of your feminity. One Step woman is elegant & fanciful, She suddenly finds she exudes a natural, innate sensuality. She is captivated by the romantic mood of the collections and the intimate, timeless feminine universe.
An unusual blend of colours and materials, prints and exclusive designs, the One Step collections combine originality and singularity.
One Step switches between subtle colours and unstructured shapes to achieve a soothing harmony that gently rocks the austerity of the masculine/feminine look.
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LITTLE MARCEL / www.littlemarcel.com
Little Marcel was created in a seaside resort in the South of France by Lynda Leseigneur and Eric Schieven in 2006.
A “Marcel” (tanktop) designed for Lynda immediately won the hearts of friends and relatives and before long Eric and Lynda had 500 Little Marcel outlets in France, Spain, Switzerland and Italy.
Little Marcel is a brand that offers a large range of multicolored "tops". Over 200 pieces from t-shirts to dresses, underwear, swimsuits and bath towels are featured in the 2010 collection together with a new line of Jeans dubbed “Le Denim de Little Marcel”.
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LOTTA & DJOSSOU / www.lottadjossou.se
Lotta Djossou welcomes you into their wondrous world of jewellery design, collections inspired by the beautiful gifts of nature and mystery of the world around us!
The beginning of a brilliant journey, started when two talented persons paths crossed in Tokyo under the mid 90´s.
Lotta Djossou jewellery reveals the deep hues of the inter mingling of their truly diverse cultural backgrounds and their shared passion for design. Unique and sophisticated, it’s romantic, vintage beauty is crafted by hand using antique finished brass and 925 sterling silver. Receiving numerous international awards for both their design and entrepreneurial spirit.
This is a part of a story that brings pure enthusiasm of curiosity, sense and love of life, to the surface. This is passion for design, a unique touch, a jewel to love.
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PYGMEES / www.pygmees.eu
The brand Pygmees offers a creative and original clothing and accessories collection for adults and children. Pygmees is distributed in more than 100 stores across Europe, as well as in Argentina, Canada, United States, Mexico, Singapore, Japan and Indonesia.
The founder and designer is Didier Chekroun, based both in the France and Bali Indonesia. The company is located in Vaison la Romaine, France.
The idea is to create clothing and accessories full of colors, comfortable fabrics, original designs and contemporary style. The clothes styles are often a little crazy, psychedelic , round shaped and ethnic styles, associates with more urban, street wear, relaxed and elegant ideas.
Today, the clothes are inspired by more electronic music.
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SANS-ARCIDET COLLECTION PARIS / www.sans-arcidet.com
How is Sans-Arcidet different from all other labels you will find coming from France?
For starters, the designer behind the much-loved label, Corinne Sans-Arcidet, doesn’t actually live in France. She has been living in Madagascar with her family for more than 8 years and it is from there she designs and manufactures her products, having set a unique production scheme involving hundreds of local women. It is her two sisters, Myriam and Sylvie, who oversee operations from their office and showroom in Paris, and manage their beautiful boutique in the fashionable Marais district.
Then there are the techniques used to produce the collections—traditional local raffia weaving techniques are skillfully combined with a distinct French design aesthetic, including embellishments using embroidery, quality leather, cotton, wool and denim - to create coveted seasonal collections of brightly coloured bags, baskets, hats and accessories, and soon, homewares.
With such a unique “ethno-chic” style, it is no wonder Sans-Arcidet’s collections are being adopted by a growing number of stores all over the world including Le Bon Marche, Takashimaya, Barneys, Daimaru, and Mitsukoshi.
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SKALLI PARIS / www.skalli-paris.com
Jean Marc Skalli has always been a lover of art, design, women and the world. His passions are reflected in the creation of his jewelry and his line of accessories.
In constant explosion, Skalli's colourful creations remain faithful to the vision of its designer. They are inspired by elsewhereness, where he finds beauty and purity, always keeping in mind French elegance.
Expressing the most profound respect for other cultures, the designer intermingles his foreign sources of inspiration, mixing elegance, simplicity, the purity of Nordic design, and the bright colours of Provence, his native roots. Jean Marc Skalli's stroke of genius is to breath a unique life into his creations, echoing with trends and the image of colours from the French Haute Couture scene.
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EMAUX'TION / www.emauxtion.fr
Emaux'tion was created in 1997 on the concept of the mixture of gold and enamel. Always handmade, jewelry convey our emotions and harmonies. Each tells a story. Like women, they are colorful and different.
With us each color expresses emotion and nuance, enamel blue, green, red and orange.
Each year Emaux'tion seek new tone harmonies and new models. But always keep the classic collections that had the greatest success with their clients.
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DUB & DRINO - FIL DE JOIE / www.dubetdrin.fr - www.fildejoie.fr
DESMAZIERES DRINO Bonneterie is an old society, created in 1815 by Jean Antoine DESMAZIERES and Victoire DRINO, she was Spanish.
The Society is specialised in production of socks, knitted tights and leggings.
On offer is two new brands : DUB and DRINO, fancy socks and tights with patchworks designs, and FIL DE JOIE socks more sophisticated, knitted with large variety of luxury yarn,
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HELENA SOREL / www.helenasorel.com
Always interested in the fashion world since her childhood, it was an evidence for Corinne Amouyal to study Fashion design in one of the most famous Fashion Schools, ESMOD Paris.
As her designs became quickly successful, with the help of her brother and sisters she created her own brand Helena Sorel in 1992.
Helena Sorel became quickly a well-known brand in France and abroad, attended several catwalks during Fashion shows in Barcelona, New-York, Paris, Tokyo, Moscow, and London.
Helena Sorel style is a mix of femininity and creativity with structured shapes & elegant cuts with an urban, timeless and sophisticate look. It’s a brand for active and modern woman who loves fashion.
The designer and her team are playing with fabrics, colours & shapes, create modern and trendy collections, with its own identity that you can recognize in one look, without forgetting the core of each item: the femininity.
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INOUI PARIS-DELHI / www.inouiparisdelhi.com
Lise, Martine, Mathilde et Eulalie met where herds of sheep cross at low tide and where migrating birds find refuge, each searching for a certain peace and tranquility.
Nature and their environment was a passion for them. They never considered it to be something that was complicated or inaccessible. On the contrary, it became an obvious priority, a source of daily inspiration which led to a common goal of sharing their love of natural materials and using them in the creation of their collections: Scarves in cotton, wool and silk.
The prints, both woven and embroidered. Semi-precious stones, the precious and semi-precious metals. From their own diverse experiences in Asia the 4 chose India for it’s unique expertise and skill in turning their dreams into realities.
A harmony in the raw materials, a perfecting of traditional methods and structures which translate and adapt to a contemporary style. The result is in the stores …
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TAHITIAN MOVE / www.tahitianmove.com
In 1977, Enio Chiocchi founded Blue Star, the parent company of the Tahitian Move brand.
Designed in French Polynesia, the company's historical range of flip-flops quickly became a genuine emblem of Tahiti and her islands.
Comfortable, resistant and pleasant, traditional Tahitian flip-flops enjoyed a true revival with the creation of the Tahitian Move brand, propelling the shoes from utilitarian footwear to fashion accessory.
The 2009-2010 collection was designed in collaboration with Alberto Vivian, the brand's art director. Presented in the following pages, the Tahitian Move collection is an evocation, a wink and a tribute to the pop culture of the 1960's.
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SINEQUANONE / www.sinequanone.com
