Lemarie works with feathers, man made flowers (Lemarie produces about 20,000 flowers each year for Chanel), and as well, produces smocking, inserts, trims for couture houses: Chanel, Dior, Lacroix, Givenchy, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Armani.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Maison Lemarie
Lemarie was founded by Palmyre Coyette (grandmother of Andre Lemarie) in 1880. Mr. Lemarie worked with Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Nina Ricci among others, and the atelier was the top feather workshop in France for years. Through out the years the craftsmanship of working with feathers has been disappearing; and Lemarie, is the only studio that is working in France. The studio was acquired by Chanel in 1996.
Lemarie works with feathers, man made flowers (Lemarie produces about 20,000 flowers each year for Chanel), and as well, produces smocking, inserts, trims for couture houses: Chanel, Dior, Lacroix, Givenchy, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Armani.
Lemarie works with feathers, man made flowers (Lemarie produces about 20,000 flowers each year for Chanel), and as well, produces smocking, inserts, trims for couture houses: Chanel, Dior, Lacroix, Givenchy, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana and Armani.
Goossens Paris House and Chanel
Robert Goossens founded his atelier in 1950. He meet Chanel in 1953, and since then, she made him his jeweler. This encounter with Chanel makes him a super star and works with other fashion designers: Balenciaga, Gres, Yves Saint-Laurent among others. Currently, the house of Goossens is manage by his son Patrick Goossens and daughter Martine (who is the designer). Goosens has also made perfume bottles for Guerlain, Dior, Rykiel and Scherrer.
The House of Goossens was bought by Chanel in 2005. The following images are some pieces commissioned by Chanel and pieces that have been produce after Chanel's death.
The House of Goossens was bought by Chanel in 2005. The following images are some pieces commissioned by Chanel and pieces that have been produce after Chanel's death.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Ecole Lesage...oh la la!
There is a great article about Lagerfeld, the House of Chanel and the most important ateliers that work for them (Chanel acquired these ateliers, but they let other Couture Houses like Dior use them) in the Wall Street Journal. There were two pieces of information that caught my eye. First, Lagerfeld explains the process he follows to create a collection: where his inspiration comes from, how the sketching process is done and the time frame it takes him to have a final product (shorter than I expected!). Secondly, and even more interesting to me, the article talks about the ateliers that Chanel uses to create their Haute Couture, Shoes, Hats, etc. So, without more delay, I embark in writing a small blog for each of these ateliers.
Lets begin !
ECOLE LESAGE
located in Paris, France at:
13 rue de la Grange
Batelier
75009 Paris, France
01 44 79 00 88
www.ecole-lesage-paris.com
An actual school, they have classes for enrichment purposes, as well as, for professionals. They teach the Art of Embroidery: beads, sequings, feathers, jewels, silk ribbon, among many techniques with needle and the Luneville hook.
They charge for enrichment classes 90 Euros per hour, and they have listed in their website the many choices of courses. These "amateur" lessons are in embroidery or interior design and furnishings.
Also, they have classes for the professional (embroidery (haute couture) and/or interior design and furnishings). The course for the professional is composed of 50 classes of 3 hours each at a rate of 6,279 Euros.
Following are pictures of the book they have published, the Luneville hook, and several samples of their work.
Lets begin !
ECOLE LESAGE
located in Paris, France at:
13 rue de la Grange
Batelier
75009 Paris, France
01 44 79 00 88
www.ecole-lesage-paris.com
An actual school, they have classes for enrichment purposes, as well as, for professionals. They teach the Art of Embroidery: beads, sequings, feathers, jewels, silk ribbon, among many techniques with needle and the Luneville hook.
They charge for enrichment classes 90 Euros per hour, and they have listed in their website the many choices of courses. These "amateur" lessons are in embroidery or interior design and furnishings.
Also, they have classes for the professional (embroidery (haute couture) and/or interior design and furnishings). The course for the professional is composed of 50 classes of 3 hours each at a rate of 6,279 Euros.
Following are pictures of the book they have published, the Luneville hook, and several samples of their work.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
How a dressform is made
Jeanne is my new addition to my mini sewing studio (I named her after Jeanne Paquin the famous designer); she came to me via 1st price in the re-design (recycle garments) competition at the Fashion Symposium 2011. Although, Jeanne looks fabulous, I still have a emotional attachment to Maggie my first dress form (Maggie is not as fancy as Jeanne, but she is dear to my heart!).
In no time I was surfing the Internet to find out more about the history of dress forms; and, I had an interesting article on Wolf Form (US company in the East Coast) on one of my Threads Magazine issues. This company, has really high quality dress forms and they have being around since the 1900"s. They provide to designers custom made forms for their clientele and market needs.
Enjoy the video!
In no time I was surfing the Internet to find out more about the history of dress forms; and, I had an interesting article on Wolf Form (US company in the East Coast) on one of my Threads Magazine issues. This company, has really high quality dress forms and they have being around since the 1900"s. They provide to designers custom made forms for their clientele and market needs.
Enjoy the video!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
$46,000.00+ for a pair of Levi's Jeans!
Forbes.com has a very interesting article on Jeans and the business of manufacturing them. I was very surprise to read that Levi Strauss & Co. bought a pair of Levi's Jeans from 1880 for the sum of $46,532.00. Well, I am sure that Levi Strauss & Co, has plenty of discretionary income to do this: according to the Forbes article just women's jeans alone in 2004 were $7.4 billion in profits, and most likely on the rise since then.
These are some of the couture and ready to wear jeans and their price tag (in US dollars):
Escada $10,000.00
APO $4,000.00
Escada $3,250.00
Dolce & Gabbana $2,995.00
Dior by John Galliano $1,700.00
Cavalli $1,440.00
Chanel $1,120.00
Stella McCartney $575.00
Gucci $460.00
Moschino $420.00
These are some of the couture and ready to wear jeans and their price tag (in US dollars):
Escada $10,000.00
APO $4,000.00
Escada $3,250.00
Dolce & Gabbana $2,995.00
Dior by John Galliano $1,700.00
Cavalli $1,440.00
Chanel $1,120.00
Stella McCartney $575.00
Gucci $460.00
Moschino $420.00
The swatch thief...
Creating a library of swatches is a pastime that I have. You can find free templates in the Internet to classified your swatches and write all pertinent information; there are some on-line stores that will provide free swatches (as many as you like) or swatches for a low fee. One of such on-line store is www.fabrics-store.com, they specialize in Linen, Linen/Cotton, Cotton (Jacquards, canvas, printed weaves); the prices are the best I have found so far and the quality is superb. This fabric store sends free swatches and they organize them for you in a very neat way: small swatch cards (5 swatches per card) and behind the swatches, they print the name of the fabric, fiber content with number of waft and weft yarns!, and catalog number. Super cool store!
So back to the main story, last weekend I went downtown L.A. to get swatches for my project, and also, look for the new trends within the textile world. As usual, I went over my parking limit and end up paying a bit more than expected. In any event, I was pleased with my new swatches and fabric purchases. I came home and settle my fabric and swatches in my "sewing area", then I went about doing other chores.
The following morning "Bigotes"- my tuxedo cat- jumped into my bed and she had something fuzzy in her mouth...I pull out of her mouth one of my swatches! I went to check the stash of swatches and found that they were all scattered around the house....aaaagggh...I spent hours trying to find the little pieces of fabric: Bigotes hide most of them and to this day I have some pieces missing!
So, Cat lovers, be aware of your little kitties: they not only love to chew on your paper patterns, mess up your yarn balls, eat the thread, climb dress forms until they look like they had chicken pox, play with pins; but also, become a swatch thief...:0.
This is the photo of "Bigotes the Swatch Thief":
So back to the main story, last weekend I went downtown L.A. to get swatches for my project, and also, look for the new trends within the textile world. As usual, I went over my parking limit and end up paying a bit more than expected. In any event, I was pleased with my new swatches and fabric purchases. I came home and settle my fabric and swatches in my "sewing area", then I went about doing other chores.
The following morning "Bigotes"- my tuxedo cat- jumped into my bed and she had something fuzzy in her mouth...I pull out of her mouth one of my swatches! I went to check the stash of swatches and found that they were all scattered around the house....aaaagggh...I spent hours trying to find the little pieces of fabric: Bigotes hide most of them and to this day I have some pieces missing!
So, Cat lovers, be aware of your little kitties: they not only love to chew on your paper patterns, mess up your yarn balls, eat the thread, climb dress forms until they look like they had chicken pox, play with pins; but also, become a swatch thief...:0.
This is the photo of "Bigotes the Swatch Thief":
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