Isabel funny
I grew up surrounded by three women who marked me a lot with their very different styles.
First, my mom, Christa, very beautiful, former model, who dressed a lot in Kenzo and in a bohemian chic spirit.
Then, my mother-in-law, Betty, a sublime Caribbean girl who shone with a thousand lights, wearing Saint Laurent most of the time and always wearing lots of makeup.
I remember that at the time, I didn't like her look – I was more of a low profile type – but she certainly transmitted to me the sense of allure and elegance.
My third mom was my governess.
Her name was Antoinette, and she was pretty grungy and trashy.
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"With my little brother and my mother, whose beauty and bohemian chic allure have always inspired me."
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My father gave me a taste for beautiful materials.
He was fairly standard, but he chose his clothes carefully.
I remember her superb Harris Tweed jackets, her sublime cashmere sweaters or her silk bathrobes from Bloomingdale's with tie prints in which I recreated dresses.
I was also very close to my cousin and my cousin, my aunt Lind's children.
A little older than me, they introduced me to a whole musical culture – Patti Smith, Bob Marley, The Clash – which subsequently always accompanied me in my creation.
Finally, my little brother also played an important role.
He was very cute and charismatic, people spontaneously went to him.
This was not my case, which caused me a strong desire for revenge.
This is how I
Founder of the fashion brand of the same name.
Stella McCartney
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“Growing up, I learned a lot from the ethics of my parents” Victor Virgile / Getty Images
My parents had a huge influence on my style and personality.
Especially because I traveled a lot, as a child, with them, accompanying them on tour.
Every day we were in a new town, meeting incredible people, then returning like normal people to our eco-farm in Scotland.
It was a free and funky life of wonderful contradiction.
My parents were vegetarians, human rights activists and environmentalists.
Growing up, I learned a lot from their ethics and it was obvious that I would later uphold these values in my own work.
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Paul and Lina McCartney in Saint Tropez Getty Images / James Andanson
As a little girl, I also found it fascinating that they shared the same wardrobe.
Mom wore dad's clothes, and vice versa.
Their look couldn't be more contemporary today, and it's the inspiration behind the creation of my new unisex Shared line.
I also remember finding this picture of my dad with my mom's floral shirt and thinking, 'Oh, he's so cool!'” The Beatles-era Paul McCartney look still has a huge influence on my designs today.
I also love the spontaneity and authenticity that my mother showed, which made her style very ahead of her time.
The way she cut her own hair, for example, she simply held it up and cut it with scissors.
She also wore a mix of vintage and new,
Yves Saint Laurent with fun and cheap clothes.
Even today, there is not a single moodboard of my collections that does not include photos of her.
Founder of the fashion brand of the same name.
Charles of Vilmorin
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I had the chance to evolve in a very open and cultured family, which includes many artists.
Louise de Vilmorin, although very distant – she was my paternal grandfather's great-aunt – is obviously an influential figure.
I imagine her through her work and the photos that we know of her, and I find her in the family spirit: quite worldly, avant-garde and a little perched... Another distant but very strong figure: the brother of my great-grandmother, the painter Pierre Lesieur, whose sublime paintings inspired me a lot.
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“My little sister, the one I am closest to in our family of five children.
She gladly wears my clothes.”
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But when I imagine clothes today, I think more of my little sister Herminie, 23, with whom I am very close.
She's more classic than me, but she can also sport crazy looks without any embarrassment.
I see her in particular in one of my very short Niki de Saint Phalle dresses, entirely painted, or in a polka dot and flounced dress which gave her, without forcing the line, a real originality.
I also like the spirit and the look of my cousin Bertille, who is a bit like me, the rebel of the family.
She has a tomboyish side that I really like and she too doesn't hesitate to take risks with her looks.
We are five children in the family, but I have one more sister: Anaelle, my best friend and my muse.
She is a make-up artist and her hypercolored style,
sophisticated and ultra-creative accompanies me in all the collections I create.
I also thank my parents, who have always pushed me in my desires, especially my father.
Seeing me draw, create clothes on my dolls or my sister, constantly disguise myself to do shows, he said to me one day: “I think I know what you have to do for a job: stylist !”
I was 10 years old."
Founder of the fashion brand of the same name and artistic director of Rochas.
Six creators, six family albums
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Thebe Magugu
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Thebe Magugu Jean-Francois Robert
I was born in Galeshewe, a township in Kimberley, South Africa, into a very protective family.
I grew up surrounded by women, each with their own identity, but all of them influenced my fashion.
My aesthetic –
he was the winner of the LVMH prize in 2019, Editor
's note – takes elements from each, such as the conservative look of my grandmother, a nurse – Matiego Arcilia was the matriarch, and we have not recovered from his death in 2009 – or the more punk death of my aunt Iris.
My family has always inspired my work.
It is even the red thread of my spring-summer collection, each look of which has its origin in photos of my grandmother, my mother, my aunt, my uncles...
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"Another uncle of mine, proud of our Sotho culture and incredibly traditional."
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My mother had a functional style because she worked and took care of her children at the same time, but she liked clothes that gave her inner strength.
Elegance and dignity are the words that come to mind when I think of her.
My aunt Esther, when she was younger, cultivated a rather experimental style.
Imagine the meeting between Gossip Girl and African Village Girl!
I liked to watch how she dressed.
The fashion references of her youth influenced me a lot.
My uncle Teko is very traditional.
In the photo, he is thus dressed in the Basotho blanket of our Sotho culture.
He is proud of where he comes from and who he is.
My uncle Tebogo is another story: he liked to follow trends and always be one step ahead of the boys in our town.
Founder of the fashion brand of the same name.
Riccardo Tisci
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Riccardo Tisci Courtesy of Burberry/Danko Steiner
My family ?
It defines my structure, my anchoring, it is the pillar of my personality.
She is everything for me !
I was born in Taranto, in southern Italy, the only boy surrounded by eight sisters.
My mother raised us alone, because my father died when I was 5 years old.
He remained my secret hero, the one I still dream of today.
We were very poor, it was hard and I didn't have the same life as the others.
But I keep wonderful memories of my childhood, because I was surrounded by unconditional love, that of my family who have always supported and encouraged me throughout my life.
My mother, above all, was an incredible woman, of exemplary strength, she sacrificed everything for us –
Elmerinda Vetrano Tisci died in 2021, Ed.
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She was the one who helped me create a fashion world based on love and freedom of expression.
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“My eight sisters, with whom I grew up and who continue to be my inspiration in life.”
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Even if we had to emigrate very quickly to the North, to Como, I still consider myself a Southern Italian, and it is the women of the South, religious, strong, so elegant, who have nourished my vision of creation.
I also remember, as a child, getting into the habit of watching my sisters dress to go out.
Even though everything seemed out of reach for me, I escaped into the fashion magazines that one of them, who worked in a hair salon, brought home.
It was the heyday of Gianni Versace and tops, a fashion that exalted a strong woman, both sensual and feminine.
I entered the fashion world through design and art history.
My mother gave me great encouragement when I went to London to complete my studies.
There too,
nothing was offered.
I had to do the most thankless jobs to pay for my studies.
But I had the faith and the strength, this strength inseparable from my clan.
Artistic director of Burberry.
Olivier Rousteing
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“I also wanted to shake up the little bourgeois Bordeaux that I was a little” Pascal Dangin
I grew up in a rather conservative Bordeaux family, but also very modern.
My parents adopted me in 1986, me the little black boy, thus reflecting an open-mindedness that was not necessarily that of their environment.
They always wanted me to be well dressed, whether it was to go to school or to a wedding.
My maternal great-grandmother, Claire, was also always very prepared, as was my great-grandfather Charles, the Bordeaux police chief.
My paternal grandfather, André, came from a more working-class background, but I found him very chic with his corduroy pants, checkered shirts and suspenders.
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"My paternal grandfather and my cousin, with whom I shared, as a teenager, the Quiksilver style."
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In the photo, he is playing cards with my cousin Benoît, with whom I roamed skate and surf shops as a teenager.
In my family, the women have always been strong and sophisticated, like my maternal grandmother, Suzel, a former Miss Aquitaine who, to go to the opera, wore boas, small Chanel bags and stockings. sewing that fascinated me.
My mother, she dressed in Saint Laurent and Kenzo, loved the shouldered jackets, the structured suits, the short dresses and the very red lipstick.
We had this French elegance that played a big part in my vision of fashion at Balmain.
Even if, at the same time, I wanted to break the codes, to be a witness of my generation... in order to also shake up the little bourgeois of Bordeaux that I was.
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Artistic Director of Balmain.