Don't be surprised if you come across a man in his thirties wearing a jacket that looks suspiciously like that of the All-Paris of artists and politicians of the 1970s. For the good reason that it is the same, the famous Odeon of Hollington with its carpenter collar and three patch pockets on the front.
A whole generation keen on clothes with history and good quality rediscovered the brand created by Patric Hollington, the Irishman who settled rue Racine (Paris 6th) in 1974.
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Fascinated by the Bauhaus, jazz and French culture, this esthete reinvents masculine elegance when Sonia Rykiel, a neighbor of Germanopratin, does the same with the feminine wardrobe.
His first creation, which was inspired by Auguste Rodin's overalls, was a huge success, and dressed Paco Rabanne and François Mitterrand.
"From the 1970s until the early 1980s, men went to Hollington as women went to Jean Bouquin,"
says Olivier Saillard, the fashion historian at the head.
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