Marie Patouillet, Paralympic cyclist, is the new Dior ambassador
Cyclist Marie Patouillet will represent the House of Dior as an ambassador during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Dior
Correlatively with the Paralympic Games which the city of Paris will host from August 28 to September 8, Dior announced the arrival of a new ambassador for its women's collections: Marie Patouillet.
Chosen by the house for her embodiment of values such as determination, excellence and passion, the Paralympic cyclist is a representative of choice.
At 35, Marie Patouillet is a multi-awarded sportswoman (including a double Olympic bronze medal won in Tokyo in 2021), while practicing her profession as a general practitioner and being an accomplished piano player.
Dior thus positions itself in favor of growing visibility of disabled sports and broader inclusiveness in both sport and fashion.
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The presentation video of Marie Patouillet as an LVMH ambassador can be discovered on
lvmh.fr
The 19M introduces its artistic crafts
Nine trades are highlighted: jewelry, embroidery, bootmaking, hatmaking, sewing, corsetry, goldsmithing, featherwork and weaving.
The 19M
The 19M organizes two days dedicated to the discovery of the famous fashion crafts.
In this place located between Paris and Aubervilliers, nearly 700 artisans and experts work every day for the Art Houses, having the common distinction of working with Chanel.
Nine trades will be highlighted during these two days: jewelry with Desrues, embroidery with Atelier Montex and Lesage, bootmaking with Massaro, millinery with Maison Michel, sewing with Paloma and Lemarié, corsetry with Eres , goldsmithing with Goossens, featherwork with Lemarié and weaving with Lesage.
In addition to the creative workshops, round tables will be organized by
Le Monde
and its journalists, around the importance of these professions and their accessibility.
The aim is to discover the wealth of know-how of the artisans of 19M and to introduce those interested, from young people in guidance to craft enthusiasts in retraining.
“Hands of the future”, the 19M Artistic Crafts Days, March 1 and 2, 2024. More information and programming on
le19m.com
Valentino presents the “L’École” campaign
Kaia Gerber in the Valentino Spring-Summer 2024 collection campaign, titled L'École, which puts sensuality and female empowerment at the forefront.
Valentino
At the top of a New York skyscraper, photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott immortalize the L'École de Valentino collection.
Worn by Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford's daughter, by South Korean actress Son Ye-jin, and Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai, the silhouettes are a celebration of femininity.
The L'École collection, which Valentino presented last October, put the body in the spotlight.
Nudity was not a means of provocation but a natural symbol, the skin became fabric and the clothes were linked to the body and its movements.
So the campaign for this collection is intended to be as sensual and feminine as the fashion show.
Imagined by Pierpaolo Piccioli, the artistic director of Valentino, the photos feature the three muses, aged 22 to 43, both inaccessible and intimate, far from the male gaze and the expectations of society.
The Valentino L’École collection for spring-summer 2024 can be discovered on
valentino.com
A ticket to Japan in Kenzo's name, please
The spring-summer 2024 campaign is a meeting between Japanese aesthetics and French elegance.
Kenzo
When Japanese authenticity mixes with French elegance, and the heritage of Kenzo Takada meets the contemporary vision of Nigo, the Kenzo wardrobe borrows from the patina of the City of Lights without ever departing from what constitutes its DNA so singular.
The merger is underway, like an international community rich in its diversity.
Kenzo's spring-summer 2024 campaign echoes the places that have marked its history, continuing the creative dialogue engaged with photographer Keizo Kitajima and director Frank Lebon.
As for the silhouettes, they evoke a harmony imbued with city pop and preppy
,
in a graceful syncretism with a poetic vein, resolutely modern.
The Kenzo spring-summer 2024 collection can be discovered on
kenzo.com
Carel x Maitrepierre
The Carel x Maitrepierre baby models are 100% leather-free and made from biosourced materials and upcycled fabrics.
Carel x Maitrepierre
The French brand Carel invited designer Alphonse Maitrepierre to revisit two of its emblematic models: the Peachy sports and the Sportina retro.
The designer puts his fanciful vision on it, in a hybrid spirit of city and sport.
With these play on textures, a mix of nets and faux leather, and its iconic straps, the collaboration's shoes are gently regressive, like an invitation to bring a little playfulness into everyday urban life.
These Parisian shoes are the guests of Maitrepierre's fall-winter 2024 fashion show, entitled Less&More.
Carel babies revisited by Maitrepierre will soon be available on
carel.com
Balzac
Balzac will donate 30 euros of his purchase amount to the Surfrider Foundation, which will contribute to the protection of the oceans.
Balzac x Surfrider Foundation
For the second time, Balzac is committed to the Surfrider Foundation.
Together, the two offer an orange sweatshirt.
The opportunity for Balzac to reaffirm his convictions by promoting a cause that is dear to him, and to participate in the responsibility of fashion on its scale: for each sweatshirt purchased, 30 euros will be donated to the association, which is committed to use them wisely, to protect the oceans.
Solar, committed and colorful, the sweatshirt is made in Portugal and certified GOTS (Global Organic Standard);
a piece of choice in a summer wardrobe, which already stands out for the strength of its convictions, the quality of its textile, and the values it conveys.
The Balzac x Surfrider Foundation sweater will be available from Sunday March 3 at 10 a.m. on
balzac-paris.com.