For some people, words have never been able to translate what is bubbling away in their inner world. This is undeniably the case for Charles de Vilmorin, who confided that he found in the pencil a much more faithful way of sketching his thoughts. “I drew before I could even write,” the artistic director of Rochas, who also heads his own eponymous brand, told us! Spontaneous and instinctive, his sketches naturally became his profession. Drawing his inspiration from the surrealist works of Man Ray and Salvador Dali and the dreamlike paintings of Odilon Redon, Marc Chagall and James Ensor, the Parisian now creates poetic collections in which he frees himself from the notion of gender. Especially for his own label, where his androgynous silhouettes, “assertive and voluminous”, awaken in him the inner child who is passionate about theatre. A taste for narration and total art that inspires him to the point of imbuing the walls of his own apartment with it! An amazing fresco in explosive colours is an unusual feature in his Haussmann-style living room. Taking up the themes of his first fashion show, his talent infuses the emotions that run through him with gouache and acrylic. Because this young man lets his sensitivity guide his work as much as it does his interior. Here, Venetian mirrors, armchairs from the 1970s, and even a chandelier with crystal drops show a clever mix of eras and genres. Picked up randomly second-hand when they have not been inherited from a parent – like a canvas painted by his mother – the objects the prodigy has in his home demonstrate his indifference to the prevailing consumerism. This is yet another demonstration of the free spirit of this creative artist, the figurehead of this new and environmentally committed generation!
Photography : Valerio Geraci – Text : Juliette Bruneau @thesocialitefamily
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