Maison de mode
Les Cr?eurs Maisons de Mode
Aurélien Durand
Marque : Notisse
Type : Mens- and Womenswear and accessories
Strangelove is the South African label created by the duo Ziemek Pater and Carlo Gibson, winners of the Best Designer Award in their home country in 2002. They have since branched out to create womenswear, menswear and accessories for those in search of authenticity. Strangelove approaches fashion as an art, with particular attention given to cut and a diverse choice of original materials. French designer Aurélien Durand, who has collaborated on several collections re-issued by Strangelove, carries this label in his two boutiques in Lille ? bringing South Africa?s best-kept fashion secret to France ? as well his own creations under his Notisse brand. Extraordinary.
Web site : www.notisse.com
Adresse : 44 Rue du Faubourg des Postes à Lille
Christelle Larose
Marque : C. Larose
Type : Jewellery and accessories
Jeweller Christelle Larose finds inspiration in great art: from the pure, clean lines of jeweller Raymond Templier to painter Fernando Botero?s round forms on vivid canvases. She loves precious gems, but she has chosen to work with less obvious stones to create pieces with extraordinary harmony: tourmaline, rubellite, cornaline and more. Sales manager, Christelle Larose had explored various artistic paths before finally realizing that creating jewellery was her best conduit to creativity. To make her dream come true, she enrolled in the private jewellery school BJO near the Louvre in Paris, launching her jewellery house immediately following her training. Handcrafted in her studio, C. Larose possesses all the facets of her personality, her passion for colour and design, her warmth ? all tinged with femininity.
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire - rue de l?Espérance à Roubaix
Christophe Guérin
Marque : Christophe Guérin
Type : Design and fashion accessories
Adresse : 62 Rue du Faubourg des Postes à Lille
Clivia Nobili
Marque : Clivia Nobili
Type : Women & menswear
Adresse : 51 Rue du Faubourg des Postes à Lille
Elisa Uberti
Marque : Liliza
Type : Womenswear
Liliza is a womenswear label created in 2003 by Elisa Uberti. After studying applied arts and fashion design in the north of France, Elisa moved to Paris, where she worked as an assistant to the designer Fifi Chachnil for a year. One memorable photo shoot with Ellen von Unwerth and working as a stylist for Paco Rabanne were turning points that sparked her desires to create even more.
Inspired, she returned to the city of her birth to create ?Liliza?, a womenswear label drawing on her history of collaborations and projects.
In 2006, she became part of Roubaix?s first wave of designers, creating her first collections with assistance from Maisons de Mode. In her ?cabinet of curiosities?, she offers garments bearing the signature of her influences: London with its dandies, poetry, theatre, the start of the 1900s, pin-ups and more. Her collections are imbued with a dark poetry and elegance. Fresh cottons, sumptuous velours, delicate silks: Elisa has a passion for exquisite fabrics.
Working from a palette tinged mostly with black and antique shades of pink and blue, her trousers, chemise tops, skirts and dresses are adorned with ultra-feminine bows, covered buttons, and discreet flounces. Refined details and exquisite French production make Elisa?s creations like nothing else in your closet.
Web site : www.liliza.com
Adresse : 85 Avenue Jean Lebas à Roubaix
Eric Garde
Marque : Sakal
Type : Menswear
World traveler extraordinaire, Eric Garde spent a decade in Asia before devoting himself to fashion design. From his various voyages he brings the meticulousness of Thai and Indian tailoring to clothing for everyday wear. Initially based in Paris, Garde and his unique style speak to urban sophisticates seeking an alternative to the classic suit. His ready-to-wear menswear includes impeccably rendered redingotes with Mao collars for all seasons in a multitude of colours and fabrics. Also included in the collection are trousers, and the entire collection can be worn by women as well. Garde?s garments have developed a faithful following over the last five years through his participation in the Marché des Modes. Now, Eric Garde has decided to set up shop in Roubaix, making the city his base of operations as part of Maisons de Mode.
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire rue de l?Espérance à Roubaix
Hélène Boulanger
Marque : Sue by Sue Elen
Type : Womenswear
A pioneer of Maisons de Mode Roubaix, the Sue label launched a new concept of boutique-apartment. With more than 60 points of sale in France, Sue has also conquered the international market through sales in London, Antwerp, Japan, the US and Hong-Kong. Sue is a family affair, created by designer Hélène Boulanger, a former student at Esmod International, and her brother Christophe, the business manager of the label. This family business aims to keep 80% of its production in France and to do its Roubaix roots proud.
Each collection draws from various influences from sources such as Antwerp and London. The label?s design has evolved in an artistic and musical environment since its beginning, getting inspiration from this atmosphere as well as the media. This philosophy is behind garments that are at times romantic and delicate with wispy fabrics and silhouettes, but with an edge.
The Sue label is about genuine, feminine, timeless style evoked in classic pieces that accentuate the personality of the wearer. Wardrobe essentials are reinvented and refined from seasons to season: for example, the kimono and the little black dress are made summer in lighter materials, but for winter they come in versions more suitable for autumn/winter.
Web site : www.sue-elen.com
Adresse : 80 Avenue Jean Lebas in Roubaix
Irwan Djoehana
Marque : Anna & Bree
Type : Womenswear
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire - rue de l'Espérance à Roubaix
Julie Meurisse
Marque : Julie Meuriss
Type : Accessories and leather goods
Lille native Julie Meuriss began as a womenswear designer before she made her first forays into accessories ? designing for the Bill Tornade label and designer Tatiana Lebedev in Paris. At the end of 2005, she launched her debut collection of handbags whose refined style mixes whimsical volumes with astonishing detailing. From that season forward, she has offered city-smart bags that are original yet practical. Blending fabrics and materials such as leather, suede, cotton and canvas, she adds flourishes of fantasy in details that make each handbag seem one of a kind. The Julie Meuriss range is sold in 30 different locations in France, as well as in Spain, Belgium, Portugal and Japan.
Web site : www.juliemeuriss.com
Adresse : 62 Rue du Faubourg des Postes in Lille
Klaare Falentin
Marque : klaare
Type : Jewellery and accessories
Adresse : 31 Rue du Faubourg des Postes in Lille
Laetitia Mateu Medina
Marque : Sabou
Type : Jewellery and accessories
At the age of 20, Laetitia Mateu entered Esmod Paris. A few years later, her fashion design degree in hand, she was approached by a textile manufacturer to create her own ready-to-wear label for women: Bande Originale. It was an immediate success, but after seven years Mateu felt the need to move on. Jewellery became her passion. She launched Sabou in February 2008 with a collection of necklaces and bracelets in stone pearl, antique chains and leather straps.
« Jewellery moves me mostly for what it evokes in my eyes. No matter its origin, the jewellery I love is personal, precious, delicate ? and it has a history. A piece with these qualities is what speaks to me. I named my collection Sabou - which means ?Madam? in an African dialect - because I find a certain majesty in this simple word. »
Web site : www.sabou.fr
Adresse : 83 Avenue Jean Lebas in Roubaix
Le Petit Bassin
Marque : Collectif de créateurs
Type : Designer laboratory
Le Petit Bassin is a design collective gathered around Loïc Trinel (Mr You) and his sister Hélène Trinel, co-founder and creator of the ready-to-wear label Lia Noa. After two years in Roubaix, le Petit Bassin has joined Maisons de Mode, launching a multi-label designer ?laboratory? in one of the shops in Le Vestiaire. To be found here are 15 different design philosophies, all co-existing and complementing each other, as well as two corners that speak to the latest trends. This boutique plays a special role in displaying the talents of the collective, including Co2 (ready-to-wear), Lia Noa (ready-to-wear), A tir d?aile (design), Ise (textile jewellery), Constance Sartorius (ceramic jewellery), Vi Création (jewellery), Audrey One Day (jewellery), Marie Bigoudi (accessories), Mr You (design), and Tolémik (jewellery, glass beads).
Web site : www.myspace.com/lepetitbassin
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire rue de l?Espérance in Roubaix
Leslie Ferré
Marque : Leslie Ferré
Type : Womenswear
Leslie Ferré studied fashion and textile design at LISAA (Higher Institute of applied arts), where she graduated in 2004. After her working first in Paris as part of a design team, she left for the seaside to create her first solo collection. Her love of contemporary choreography, the body and movement inspired her to create clothing with clean lines and in supple, fluid fabrics. Leslie Ferré approaches fashion not as an art but as a craft. A garment is made to be worn everyday and to reveal the natural beauty of a woman while emphasizing her individuality. Inspired by artists such as Gilles Jobin, Christian Rizzo, Michal Rovner, Yoshitomo, Nara, Jim Jarmusch and Wim Wenders, she also has a penchant for fashion from the 1920s to the 1950s. The designer creates apparel for the woman who is both evanescent and self-assured, discreet yet accessible, precious and natural: a timeless woman?
Web site : www.leslieferre.com
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire rue de l?Espérance in Roubaix
Myrtille, Eglantine et Eugénie Vermeulen
Marque : Rhum Raisins by Victoire Vermeulen
Type : Womenswear
Diverging paths sometimes lead to a shared passion. The Vermeulen sisters, Eglantine, Myrtille and Eugénie, were all on roads in seemingly different directions: agricultural engineering for one, accounting for another and merchandising for another. But Églantine and Myrtille found that their shared love of clothes was stronger than their career paths, and decided to devote themselves full time to fashion. Eugénie signed on to handle the marketing of the venture.
The Vermeulen sisters have combined creativity, a strong work ethic and the quality embodied in the words ?Made in France? in their label Rhum Raisins. The aesthetic is an original style far from fashion clichés.
With a showroom on Brussels? chic Avenue Louise, as well as another in Paris on the Rue de Rivoli, Rhum Raisons also now has a studio/showroom at Willems (59) and a shop in Roubaix. The Rhum Raisins label is all about wearable, casual chic that is fresh, feminine and made of natural materials of the highest quality. Made for the modern woman, the label also answers the call for special occasions ? weddings, openings, formal parties ? in a line of ?event apparel? in elegant taffetas and silks accessorized with panache with ?genuine? hats made to order.
Web site : www.rhum-raisins.com
Adresse : 107 Avenue Jean Lebas in Roubaix
Orlane Herbin
Marque : Orlane Herbin
Type : Womenswear
Following her studies at Esmod, Orlane Herbin went immediately to work with Gaspard Yurkievich, following that with time as an assistant to Jean-Paul Knott for his own line as well as for Krizia. In 2002, she launched her own label with the help of her team. Exacting and meticulous, Orlane is proud that her garments are crafted in French workshops, responsible for their exquisite cut and beautiful materials. Orlane creates tunics and dresses that can be worn on their own or with other garments, belted or loose. Her necklines offer many options for wear, from back to front for bare backs ? or open fronts (paired with tops for modesty?s sake). These little details and the versatility of her womenswear allow the wearer to create different looks and silhouettes, blending together effortlessly for a genuine style.
The designer?s penchant for ?noble? materials is evident in her use of silk chiffon, delicate cottons, ultra-supple wool, and whisper-light gauzes combined with gorgeous knits in viscose. Her palette includes white and black along with refined shades of chocolate, ivory, soft khaki and camel.
Web site : www.orlann.com
Adresse : 105 Avenue Jean Lebas in Roubaix
Peggy Housset
Marque : Peggy H
Type : Womenswear
Peggy Housset takes inspiration from various sources, which stem from and feed into her varied experiences: her love of contemporary dance and movement led to work designing costumes for the Philippe Decouflé Dance Company, her training in furniture design explains her fascination with how a garment is constructed and put together, and living in Italy, the UK and Spain has provoked her ongoing fascination with cultural differences. These influences are recurrent themes in her work. Following time designing for Alberta Ferretti in Italy and freelance designing in Paris, she decided to launch her own high-end line PAP for women, as well as a children?s collection, thanks to the support of Maisons de Mode.
Intemporary Mood : Pieces evoking a relaxed elegance, inspired by sensuality, volume and the line of the silhouette flowing from the mood and movement of the woman wearing these pieces. This collection is for the woman who is timeless, sophisticated, independent, unpredictable and living in the moment.
Individual : Serious elegance for the modern woman. Influenced by the Bauhaus school of art which seeks the intrinsic aesthetic of an object, garments in the Individual collection strive for a timelessness and purity. Architectural in their construction, pieces are built around the body through the assembly of modules following a blueprint. The carefully chosen fabrics are made of natural fibres that give a lightness and fluidity to movement.
Adresse : 45 Rue du Faubourg des Postes in Lille
Sophie Laverdure
Marque : Petites Créations
Type : Accessories and leather goods
Discovered by Maisons de Mode a little over two years ago, Sophie Laverdure and her ?petites créations? have become a bona fide success story. An architect by training, Sophie changed career paths, mastering tanning and working with leather. Intrigued by beautiful materials, she started off creating bags and pouches in leather and Liberty vinyls. Very quickly, the ?Les Chemins Blancs? label entrusted her with a mini collection, then Chantal Thomass commissioned her to create an exclusive handbag. With each collection, Sophie reinvents her past creations ? a sort of greatest hits ? while presenting new models. Her XXL bags were originally conceived for the beach ? but ended up being prized by city fashionistas as an essential urban accessory city, along with her ?Mademoiselle? bag. Petites Créations has found a fervent following internationally, especially among the Japanese who are ardent fans of this new label.
Adresse : 31 Rue du Faubourg des Postes in Lille
Stéphane Martello
Marque : Mister Crochet
Type : Knit ready-to-wear and accessories
Working in knits and crochet, designer Stéphane Martello studied three years at the Beaux Arts in Tourcoing where he worked in textile sculpture. He then moved on to a BTS in fashion and design at the Lycée Sévigné in Tourcoing. From there, he found his heart was in knitting and crochet. At the age of 26, he met high-end ready-to-wear designer Karim Tassi and collaborated on Tassi?s fashion show in the framework of fashion week. His contribution included some spectacular pieces he created.
He had found his calling: little by little, Stéphane Martello transformed himself into a veritable virtuoso of the knitting needle and crochet hook, crafting garments that continue to amaze. Creative, meticulous and fascinated by yarn and sculpture, the young designer has created a new architecture for clothing. He is inspired by forms found in nature: seashells, tree trunks, rocks, desert landscapes and volcanos. As for other designers, Stéphane Martello loves the sobriety of designers such as Japan?s Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), British designer Hussein Chalayan and the Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf. He also loves the extravagance of John Galliano and other designers that veer between art and conceptual fashion. He can be seen at work in his new Roubaix boutique, which carries his complete collection of bags, scarves, hats, jewellery, other accessories and some one-of-a-kind pieces that are the very definition of sumptuous.
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire rue de l?Espérance in Roubaix
Virginie Renard
Marque : Nini Barok
Type : Jewellery
Adresse : 27 Le Vestiaire - rue de l'Espérance à Roubaix