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Friday, January 19, 2024

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Since January 2020, the FHCM has operated Sphere Paris Fashion Week® Showroom, with the support of DEFI and L’Oréal Paris. Sphere is part of its mission to support emerging designers. It brings together a group of brands invited to the Official Calendar or fashion prize winner, selected for their creativity and development potential. Menswear Fall/Winter 2024-2025 showroom session will take place at the Palais de Tokyo from Wednesday 17th, January to Sunday, January 21st. A digital version will also be available by invitation with the help of Le New Black and Grand Shooting from Wednesday 17th, January. SPHERE PARIS FASHION WEEK® SHOWROOM This season, the Sphere Paris Fashion Week® Showroom will feature: JEANNE FRIOT* LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME* OUEST PARIS* ROLF EKROTH STEVEN PASSARO* VALETTE STUDIO* (*Indicates brands on the Paris Fashion Week® Official Calendar) For all these actions dedicated to emerging brands, the FHCM benefits from the continuous support of DEFI and L’Oréal Paris, Official Partners.

UN SHOWROOM POUR ACCOMPAGNER LES MARQUES ÉMERGENTES DE LA PARIS FASHION WEEK® Depuis janvier 2020, la FHCM opère, avec le soutien du DEFI et L’Oréal Paris, Sphère Paris Fashion Week® Showroom. Sphère s’inscrit dans sa politique de soutien à la jeune création et rassemble un ensemble de marques invitées au Calendrier Officiel ou lauréates de prix, sélectionnées pour leur créativité et leur potentiel de développement. La session Mode Masculine pour la saison Automne/Hiver 2024-2025 aura lieu au Palais de Tokyo du mercredi 17 au dimanche 21 janvier 2024. Une version digitale sera également disponible sur invitation avec le soutien de Le New Black et de Grand Shooting à partir du mercredi 17 janvier 2024. SPHERE PARIS FASHION WEEK® SHOWROOM Cette saison, le Sphère Paris Fashion Week® Showroom rassemblera : JEANNE FRIOT* LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME* OUEST PARIS* ROLF EKROTH STEVEN PASSARO* VALETTE STUDIO* (*Indique les marques du Calendrier Officiel de la Paris Fashion Week®) Pour l’ensemble de ces actions, la FHCM bénéficie du soutien continu du DEFI et de L’Oréal Paris, Partenaires Officiels.


JEANNE FRIOT
Jeanne Friot est une marque non genrée basée à Paris et fondée en 2020. La marque propose des pièces produites en série limitée à partir de matières recyclées ou upcyclées. Diplômée de l’école Duperré puis de l’Institut Français de la Mode en 2018, Jeanne Friot a fait ses gammes dans plusieurs maisons dont Balenciaga. Passionnée par la création d’images, elle a également collaboré en tant que styliste à des éditoriaux tels que Vogue Italia et Les Inrocks. La jeune créatrice propose une mode éthique et inclusive fabriquée en France depuis janvier 2022. La créatrice a rejoint le Calendrier officiel des présentations de la Paris Fashion Week® en juin 2022. 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. The designer has joined the Official Calendar of Paris Fashion Week® presentations in June 2022.

LAGOS SPACE PROGRAMME
Lagos Space Programme, créée par Adeju Thompson en 2018, est un concept de design autour de collaborations artistiques multi disciplinaires, basé à Lagos. Adeju et son équipe envisage l’avenir de l’Afrique en proposant des interprétations innovantes de la beauté, à travers des pièces non genrées et haut de gamme. Réalisée dans des ateliers locaux justement rémunérés, il revendique une slow fashion qui peut mettre en lumière le travail ancestral de fondeurs du Benin ou des teintures naturelles en indigo biologique. En 2021, Lagos Space Programme est demi-finaliste du Prix LVMH puis des pièces réalisées par la marque seront exposées au Victoria and Albert museum et au RISD Museum. En mai 2023, la marque remporte le Prix International Woolmark et rejoint le Calendrier Officiel des présentations de la Paris Fashion Week®. Lagos Space Programme, which has been created by Adeju Thompson in 2018, is a design concept based in Lagos, centered around multidisciplinary artistic collaborations. Adeju and his team envision the future of Africa by offering innovative interpretations of beauty through high-end, non-gendered pieces. Crafted in justly compensated local workshops, the brand advocates for slow fashion, which can highlight ancestral work of Benin metalworkers or organic indigo natural dyeing. In 2021, Lagos Space Programme became a semi-finalist for the LVMH Prize and pieces created by the brand were exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the RISD Museum, among others. In May 2023, the brand won the International Woolmark Prize and joined the Official Calendar of the Paris Fashion Week® presentations.

OUEST PARIS
Diplômé de l’Atelier Chardon Savard, Arthur Robert a travaillé plus de dix ans comme designer pour plusieurs maisons parisiennes avant de lancer sa marque éponyme en 2021. Captant l’air du temps avec positivité et liberté tout en explorant la pop culture, OUEST Paris revisite les archétypes d’un vestiaire urbain et moderne. OUEST Paris est la rencontre de Paris et d’une Californie rêvée ; du denim brut, des pièces inspirées du skate, des volumes traditionnels, des détails workwears et des tissus durables. Finaliste du Prix Pierre Bergé de l’ANDAM en 2023, Arthur Robert se fait l’écho d’une vision multiculturelle consciente des enjeux environnementaux et sociétaux de notre époque. OUEST PARIS rejoint le Calendrier Officiel des présentations de la Paris Fashion Week® pour cette fashion week de janvier. Graduating from Atelier Chardon Savard, Arthur Robert worked for over ten years as a designer for several parisian houses before launching his eponymous label in 2021. Capturing the zeitgeist with positivity and freedom and exploring pop culture OUEST Paris revisits the archetypes of a urban and modern wardrobe. OUEST Paris is Paris meets dreamy California; raw denim, skateinspired pieces, traditional volumes, workwear details and sustainable fabrics. Finalist of the 2023 Pierre Bergé ANDAM Prize, Arthur Robert echoes a multicultural vision aware of the environmental and societal issues of our time. OUEST PARIS joins the Official Calendar of Paris Fashion Week® presentations for this January fashion week.

ROLF EKROTH
Rolf Ekroth se distingue par une approche multidimensionnelle : utilitaire, nostalgique et durable, puisant à la fois dans une esthétique nordique et dans le streetwear. Diplômé de l’Université Aalto à Helsinki, Rolf Elkroth a remporté le prix du Young Designer of the Year en Finlande en 2015. L’année suivante, il est finaliste du Festival International de Mode de Hyères, où il remporte le prix Galeries Lafayette. Depuis 2021, sa marque éponyme célèbre et modernise l’héritage et le savoir-faire finlandais. Il défile dans le cadre de la Copenhagen Fashion Week depuis août 2023. Rolf Ekroth has a multi-dimensional approach: utilitarian, nostalgic, and sustainable, drawing on both Nordic aesthetics and streetwear. A graduate of Aalto University in Helsinki, Rolf Elkroth won Finland’s Young Designer of the Year award in 2015. The following year, he was a finalist at the Festival International de Mode de Hyères, where he won the Galeries Lafayette prize. Since 2021, his eponymous brand has been celebrating and modernizing Finnish heritage and expertise. His shows have been part of the Copenhagen Fashion Week Official Calendar since August 2023.

STEVEN PASSARO
Steven Passaro a étudié la scénographie à l’école Duperré à Paris, puis a décidé de se concentrer sur la mode masculine en étudiant au London College of Fashion dont il sort diplômé en 2018. Il fonde sa marque éponyme l’année suivante et présente à Londres sa première collection. Steven Passaro repense le vestiaire masculin en mêlant tailoring parfait inspiré par Savile Row et une technologie de prototypage virtuel 3D. En développant ses collections sans toiles, Steven Passaro crée et visualise ses patronages sur avatar et repousse ainsi les limites de l’écoresponsabilité. Le créateur a rejoint le Calendrier officiel de la Paris Fashion Week® en janvier 2022. 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 visualizes 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.

VALETTE STUDIO
Pierre-François Valette lance son label Valette à Paris en 2020 après s’être formé à l’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, au studio Isabel Marant, et au sein de la maison Saint Laurent. Le jeune créateur, centré sur le savoir-faire artisanal, nourrit une appétence particulière pour la narration, les arts et la scène, aux fondements de l’identité de la marque. Ses pièces, qui séduisent les femmes autant que les hommes, sont pensées pour durer. Attaché à la transmission Pierre-François Valette, valorise tant les techniques traditionnelles que les artisans avec lesquels il collabore. VALETTE STUDIO veille à raconter des histoires et son prêt à porter fait écho à toute une série d’accessoires. VALETTE STUDIO est invité au Calendrier officiel depuis juin 2021. 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-towear echoes a whole series of accessories.VALETTE STUDIO has been invited to the Official Calendar since June 2021.






The Federation of Haute Couture and Fashion (FHCM) brings together French and international creative houses selected for their creativity and their unique and innovative know-how. The FHCM is both a Professional Organization serving its Members and an Event Organization which coordinates Paris Fashion Week® and Haute Couture Week.

OUR HISTORY
A story that begins in 1868
At the origin of the Federation is the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Created in 1868 under the name of Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, des Confectioneurs et des Taileurs pour Dame, it became the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne on December 14, 1910. Following the decision of January 23, 1945 relating to the creation of the legally controlled name “Haute Couture”, it becomes the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Only houses benefiting from the designation which can be used by companies approved each year by a dedicated commission held under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry sit there.

During the 1960s, the movement of fashion designers who joined forces with the great couturiers emerged. Thus the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode was created on October 8, 1973.
That same day the Chambre Syndicale de la Mode Masculine was born.

The dynamic brought by these three Trade Union Chambers led to the creation on the same day of the French Federation of Couture, Ready-to-Wear Couturiers and Fashion Designers. On June 29, 2017, it became the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode.

Haute Couture, a French exception
Haute Couture is a French exception and as the name of the Federation indicates, it is at the heart of the Fashion ecosystem. Of great modernity, it is a permanent bridge between a tradition of excellence in know-how and a contemporaneity of creation today integrating manufacturing techniques at the cutting edge of innovation.
The Haute Couture collections are presented twice a year in January and July.
Because of its extraordinary character, it is given a separate status. Since 2010 its official calendar has welcomed the High Jewelry Houses members of the Federation. This approach allows for synchronicity of presentations, but also to unfold the history of 2 sectors with exceptional know-how and in perpetual reinvention.
The origin of Haute Couture is attributed to Charles Frédéric WORTH who created the first true Couture House in 1858 at 7 rue de la Paix in Paris. Before that Rose Bertin, Marie-Antoinette's "Minister of Fashion", had prefigured it and was the first to begin to liberate the female body while adorning her creations with embroidery, lace and rose petals. Addition.

Following a decree published on January 23, 1945, the name “Haute Couture” became a legally controlled name. Only houses and companies approved each year by a dedicated commission led by the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture, held under the aegis of the Ministry of Industry, can benefit from it.

Preferred area of ​​handwork carried out in the workshops of the houses, a laboratory of ideas and techniques, a space where creativity can be freely expressed, Haute Couture, whose international reputation has never waned, contributes to make Paris the fashion capital of the world. Haute Couture is distinguished by the uniqueness of the models created each year, and the individualization of these models which are then made to measure for the clientele.

Haute Couture, like contemporary High Jewelry, sometimes disrupts and disrupts academic forms to adapt to the times. They bring an undeniable addition of sensoriality and imagination in addition to remaining extremely modern, often drawing on new technologies.

Haute Couture and fashion today are inexhaustible areas of expression and creativity. Both constitute a major pole of the French economy. During Paris Fashion Week®, the capital becomes for a few days one of the most important financial hubs in the world.

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