COLLECTION BOOKLET - PFW 18/19 - VINCENT LAPPARTIENT

Since 2002, Vincent Lappartient has been taking fashion in reverse. During the six weeks that punctuate the Parisian calendar each year, he scours the backstage of nearly 120 fashion shows and presentations. A few minutes before the frozen atmosphere of the podiums, he captures life behind the scenes. In…

Since 2002, Vincent Lappartient has been taking fashion in reverse.
During the six weeks that punctuate the Parisian calendar each year, he scours the backstage of nearly 120 fashion shows and presentations.
A few minutes before the frozen atmosphere of the podiums, he captures life behind the scenes.
In front of the informal lens, these silhouettes of men and women reveal themselves in the background.
Everyone is waiting to cross the threshold that leads to the light.

Alexander Samson
Head of Haute Couture and Contemporary Creation at the Palais Galliera