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...aesthetic suited Charlotte Gainsbourg's parents, icons Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, in the late '70s when Bonpoint was still a mom-and-pop operation off the Boulevard St. Germain, with founder Cohen in the studio and her husband Bernard keeping the books. Over the years, the business grew, and the couple opened stores in various capitals. In 2003, 33 years after opening their first boutique, the Cohens sold 70% of the company to Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners, an investment group specializing in growing small and medium-size companies for resale. At a recent press conference, Bonpoint executives noted...
...complications come into focus at the Bonpoint creative studio on Wednesdays, when French schoolchildren have the day off. Like all Paris fashion houses, Bonpoint has a roster of "house models" who are paid (in pains au chocolat and clothing vouchers) to do fittings. First there's a story, maybe a moment on someone's lap, and if ever there are tears or fussing, the fitting is called...
...lived. Once Karl Lagerfeld has seduced a girl, Chanel can hope to keep her for life. At Bonpoint, customers grow up and move on, so every 10 years the company must attract new ones. That is where the Cohens excelled. "I always insisted that we have someone in the studio with a baby in her arms," says Marie-France. In 1993 she hired Domitille Brion as a studio designer. "My jeunesse," Marie-France says whenever she refers to Brion, who is now an independent consultant. Together, over 10 years they honed the key codes that the current Bonpoint team...
...meets fashion in Graeme Black's new collection. Inspired by a visit to English abstract artist Barbara Hepworth's studio, the duo?interior designer Jonathan Reed and Graeme Black, head of women's ready-to-wear at Salvatore Ferragamo?uses cotton poplin and leather in white and tan to echo Hepworth's sculptures. And silk dresses come in soft aqua and green pastels like the colors in her paintings, giving new meaning to the phrase wearable...
...those living in small spaces or overcrowded houses, what's better than invisible furniture? Multiuse, invisible furniture. The Magino acrylic stool from the U+ Studio Collection, designed by Karim Rashid, also serves as a magazine rack. And from Kartell, Optic storage cubes, designed by Patrick Jouin, can be used both for storage and as tables...