Jean-Paul Lespagnard – THE FREEDOM TO CREATE

Jean-Paul Lespagnard – THE FREEDOM TO CREATE

Belgium’s favorite quirky designer has distanced himself from the traditional fashion agenda. He creates as he travels, depending on artisans and encounters, cultivating an atypical, poetic approach. Coherent, almost selfless.

He was one of the first to take a step aside, to present his collections if, and how, he wanted them. When alternative production by world craftsmen met his requirements, adding decorative elements, body accessories and home accessories to his multi-dimensional catalog.

After a few months preparing his return to the Greek island of Hydra, where he now makes his summer home, surrounded by an inspiring, inspired and glittering clique, Jean-Paul Lespagnard relaunched a ready-to-wear collection that he presented in Paris during Fashion Week, before depositing his colorful boxes at the Villa Noailles for the Hyères Festival.

A creative galaxy of multisexes and multiverses « It’s a collection for men, for women, for anyone in the middle or anywhere in between. »

His designs, with prints that tell his stories and transcribe the aesthetic shocks of his peregrinations in India, Mexico, Morocco or on the banks of the Amblève in Liège, come and go, rotate and modulate. Each garment is woven with a strong identity, and together they make up a wardrobe, almost a bestiary, midseason yet timeless. Silk shirts, rare Japanese fabrics, hats, pendants, glass and terracotta tableware. Gold paperweight waffles, so gourmet that a load of them was stolen from her in August – ui en a volé un chargement en août.

His collection travels far and wide, and his boutique is a suitcase, which from November will be anchored in downtown Brussels*.

More than a collection to be classified by department, it’s an accomplished panoply.

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