SPHERE Paris Fashion Week® Showroom | Women's Fashion Spring-Summer 2023
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The Women’s Fashion Spring-Summer 2023 session will take place at the Palais de Tokyo from Wednesday, September 28th to Tuesday, October 4th, 2022. It will also be available digitally by invitation with the help of Le New Black and Grand Shooting from September 28th.
SPHERE - Paris Fashion Week® Showroom will bring together: BENJAMIN BENMOYAL*, CHRISTOPH RUMPF, GERMANIER*, LECOURT MANSION*, MAITREPIERRE*, PONDER.ER, THEBE MAGUGU*.
(*Indicates the brands of the official PFW® Calendar).
SPHERE - Paris Fashion Week® Showroom will also be available as a virtual visit from October 1st.
BENJAMIN BENMOYAL
Benjamin Benmoyal joined Central Saint Martins after four years in the army. From this confrontation of experiences, is born the will to express himself with a fabric that is a sign of lost innocence. From this was born a singular weave mixing cotton threads and VHS magnetic tapes. After experiments at Alexander McQueen and Hermès, he founded his eponymous brand in 2020. Eco- responsibility and experimentation are at the center of his work, mainly inspired by traditional Moroccan outfits. Benjamin Benmoyal joins the official PFW® Presentation Calendar in March 2021 and on this occasion also integrates Sphere PFW® Showroom. In 2022, he was a finalist for the Andam Pierre Bergé Prize.
CHRISTOPH RUMPF
Christoph Rumpf won the Grand Prix du jury au Festival de mode, de photographie et d’accessoires de mode in 2019.He finished his studies at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in 2020 and founded his eponymous brand in 2021. Collecting antique fabrics, he creates sophisticated collections for men and women with an artistic point of view and an appreciation for traditional tailoring skills. Admiring John Galliano, he defines his brand as sensual and structured.
GERMANIER
Kevin Germanier, a graduate of Central Saint Martins, founded his eponymous brand in 2018. He takes a sustainable approach to fashion by only working with recycled luxury fabrics with salient details. A futuristic vision of utopia completes this singular brand universe. Germanier is worn by many international celebrities, including Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Björk and Sunmi. In 2019, he is a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize. He joined the Paris Fashion Week® official calendar and SPHERE - PFW® Showroom the following year. Germanier is also part of Matches Fashion’s «The Innovator’s» programme and has been included in the Of cial Presentation Calendar of the PFW® since 2020. Following this, Germanier is nominated as one of the «30 under 30» by Forbes in the category Europe - Arts and Culture. In 2022, he entered the PFW® fashion shows.
LECOURT MANSION
Originally from Strasbourg, Nix Lecourt Mansion graduated from Atelier Chardon Savard in Paris in 2017 and was awarded the Pierre Bergé Prize by Andam in 2019. Her flamboyant designs have been worn by the most fashionable celebrities including Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus or Madonna. In June 2021, Nix Lecourt Mansion signed a silhouette for the capsule collection «Les Marins» for Jean Paul Gaultier. In his presentations at Paris Fashion Week®, Nix has always chosen to illustrate the diversity of bodies and inclusivity. What’s the difference between an evening piece and a daytime piece? None for Nix Lecourt Mansion who brilliantly rethinks the concept of nightwear and gender norms.
MAITREPIERRE
After studying at La Cambre in Brussels and internships at Jean-Paul Gaultier and Acne, Alphonse Maitrepierre founded his eponymous brand in 2019. Mixing technological innovation and ecology, he masters an assumed old-fashioned with structured jersey silhouettes and colorful prints. In 2021, he won the Prix de la Ville de Paris Prize Emerging Brand and was also noticed for his collaborations with Emmanuelle Khan and Desigual. He joins the Official Calendar of Paris Fashion Week® in 2021.
PONDER.ER
After studying fashion at Central Saint Martins in London, Alex Po and Derek Cheng founded the brand PONDER.ER in 2019. In their mixed collection, they requestion gender issues. They particularly work with pleats, knitwear and smocks with recycled materials, and present pieces with graphic and strong visuals. Their signature piece is the «hug» shirt, a unisex shirt fashioned with diamond-like smocks. In June 2022, they won the Yu Prize in Shanghai.
THEBE MAGUGU
Thebe Magugu studied design, fashion and photography at the prestigious LISOF School of Fashion design in Johannesburg. He launched his brand in 2015 after several experiences with brands and designers. Proudly African, Thebe Magugu has the strong desire to elevate the view of African fashion. He creates modern clothes with an African twist, employing local resources from fabric weaving to manufacturing while using local crafters and artisans. Thebe Magugu is the winner of the LVMH Prize 2019. The brand joined the Presentations Official Calendar of PFW® Womenswear and the SPHERE PFW® Showroom. In 2022, his «Intersection» collection for AZ Factory was enthusiastically received, followed by his first collaboration with Adidas.
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