Hanae Mori House • Karl Lagerfeld. House of Chanel • Monsieur de Givenchy. House of Givenchy • John Galliano. House of Givenchy • Alexander McQueen. House of Givenchy • Monsieur Saint Laurent. House of Yves Saint Laurent • Monsieur Gaultier. House of Jean-Paul Gaultier • Lars Nilsson. House of Nina Ricci • The last stage. Couture & co. Paris
„Colette has always stood up to î ;the height of expectations, and the thanks and congratulations for her work came in the form of the complicit glances of great masters such as Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent or Givenchy.“ INÈS DE LA FRESSANGE
After working for forty years in the most prestigious haute couture houses, Colette Maciet founded “Couture & Co. Paris“, her own atelier, and began collaborating with designers from all over the world. the globe. This is his precious testimony about the great and small history of fashion full of genius, pomp and decay, in a fantastic metamorphosis of an entire society.
Tailoring or hairdressing? Colette Maciet was only fourteen years old when her mother gave her this î question, a question that would shape the rest of her life. Colette chose tailoring almost by chance. As a first for a workshop, the person who understands, translates and "notes down" the designer's vision, Colette worked shoulder to shoulder with many geniuses in the world of haute couture, from Coco Chanel to John Galliano. She had an unparalleled rise and longevity in her profession: over fifty years. Colette Maciet shares with us with tenderness and elegance her memories of a world that fell and a world that was born before her eyes.
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Madame Colette was the premiere of the atelier, a distinction that, in the world of haute couture, is equally prestigious like the Michelin star in gastronomy. She started as a simple seamstress at Chanel and rose rapidly in the hierarchy during the ten years she spent with the famous Mademoiselle, before accompanying Karl Lagerfeld in his prolific and revolutionary years, after which he joined the giant Hubert de Givenchy, until John Galliano and Alexander McQueen descended from their native England and changed an era... Thus was born a new world, a dizzying mix of personal and artistic foils and cruel financial calculations.