Hi-Fashion: SPHERE Paris Fashion Week Showroom
Hi-Fashion
Menswear Fall/Winter 2023/2024 showroom session will take place at the Palais de Tokyo from Wednesday 18th to Sunday January 22nd, 2023. A digital version will also be available by invitation with the help of Le New Black and Grand Shooting from January 18th.
ARTURO OBEGERO
Arturo Obegero studied pattern making for a few years before joining Central Saint Martins, from which he graduated in 2018. After a year’s experience in the workshops of the House of Lanvin, he chose to launch his own brand. His ready-to-wear is inspired by dance, surrealist and neo-noir movements. His designs make up a romantic, sensual and austere wardrobe for both men and women.
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.
JEANNE FRIOT
Jeanne Friot is a Paris-based, gender-neutral brand founded in 2020. The brand offers pieces produced in limited series from recycled or upcycled materials. A graduate of the Duperré school and then the French Fashion Institute in 2018, Jeanne Friot has worked in several houses including Balenciaga. Passionate about creating images, she has also collaborated as a stylist with editorials such as Vogue Italia and Les Inrocks. The young designer offers an ethical and inclusive fashion made in France since January 2022.
LGN LOUIS GABRIEL NOUCHI
LGN Louis-Gabriel Nouchi, founded in 2017, has been registered in the PFW® official Calendar since January 2018. A graduate of the Cambre School of Visual Arts, Louis-Gabriel Nouchi began his career at Vogue Paris as well as at Raf Simons. In 2014, he was nominated at the Festival de mode, de photographie et d’accessoires de mode - Hyères and won the Prix Camper and the Prix du Palais de Tokyo. The designer, inspired by both grunge counter-culture and traditional know-how, creates clothes that can be worn regardless of gender. Constantly seeking to improve the materials he uses, and partnering with European luxury factories and large textile groups, LGN offers a new relationship with clothing and the way fashion is conceived. Each piece has a «controlled defect», a magnified wear that allows each one to tell its own story. Product quality, production transparency and honesty are at the heart of the brand.
PONDER.ER
After studying fashion at Central Saint Martins in London, Hong Kong-born duo Alex Po and Derek Cheng founded the brand PONDER.ER in 2019. The reinterpretation of modern masculinity is central to their vision. They particularly work with pleats, knitwear and smocks and present pieces with graphic and strong visuals. In June 2022, they were awarded with the Yu Prize.
STEVEN PASSARO
Steven Passaro studied set design at the Duperré School in Paris, then decided to focus on menswear by studying at the London College of Fashion and graduated in 2018. He founded his eponymous brand the following year and presented his first collection in London. Steven Passaro rethinks the men’s wardrobe by mixing perfect tailoring inspired by Savile Row and a 3D virtual prototyping technology. By developing his collections without fabrics, Steven Passaro creates and visualises his patterns on an avatar and thus pushes the limits of eco-responsibility. The designer has joined the official Calendar of Paris Fashion Week® in January 2022.
UNIFORME
Out of Studio Berçot, Hugues Fauchard and Rémi Bats trained in the studios of Hermès, Balenciaga and Ami (Rémi), Wooyoungmi, Lanvin and Carven (Hugues). In 2017, they launch Uniforme, a collection of essentials made in France and Italy with the highest standards of luxury craftsmanship. Uniforme champions a philosophy of «conscious minimalism»: concise, precisely tailored collections whose lines combine utilitarian rigor with streetwear comfort. The collections are made from responsibly sourced materials that are free of plastic derivatives. The timeless silhouettes inspired by the classics are designed to be passed on to the next generation. In 2020, the duo relocated the Uniforme studio to Nantes in order to work hand in hand with local manufacturing partners. Uniforme has successfully collaborated with Weston for several seasons. Uniforme is part of the official Calendar since 2018.
VALETTE STUDIO
Pierre-François Valette launches his label Valette in Paris in 2020 after training at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, the Isabel Marant studio, and the Saint Laurent fashion house. The young designer, focused on craftsmanship, has a particular appetite for storytelling, the arts and the stage, the foundations of the brand’s identity. His pieces, which appeal to women as much as men, are designed to last. Pierre-François Valette is committed to the transmission of knowledge and values both traditional techniques and the craftsmen with whom he collaborates. VALETTE STUDIO makes sure to tell stories and its ready-to-wear echoes a whole series of accessories. VALETTE STUDIO has been on the official Calendar since June 2021.
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