Courrèges…

 

Talking about Valentina in my last post reminded me of where I first met her…

It was during the fashion week at the Courrèges launch party organized by Negri Firman in the Milanese concept store: 10 Corso Como. I was there working as the event photographer and so I decided to share with you some of the pictures I took that day.

 

For those of you who don’t know about it, Courrèges was an Haute Couture house created  in 1961 by the french designer of the same name, André Courrèges. The label was synonymous of geometric and futuristic designs mainly declined in a palette of primary colors… But if you had to remember him for one thing only, it would have to be for the creation of the mini skirt..! Although there was a little controversy as to who really did invented the mini, André or the british designer Mary Quant? Courrèges is the one we have to thank for below the English Channel…

 

Despite still being in activity, the brand slowly faded away during the 80s and it was only in 2011, fifty years after it’s creation that the brand was brought back into life when it was bought by two very adventurous creatives, who surprisingly never worked into fashion before, Jacques Bungert and Frédéric Torloting… Judging by what I have see so far… They know just the right amount..!

 

Michaela Gattermayer photographing me photographing her…

 

 

 

 

Valentina…

 

 

 

 

Franca Sozzani