Isabel Marant doesn’t want her designs to be “too polished”.
Isabel Marant doesn't like being too polished
The 56-year-old designer plans for her garments to be “sexy” but with “a bit more discretion” and she aims for them to look “cool”.
She told America’s ELLE magazine: “When something is too perfect, I need to disorganise it, otherwise it’s too polished.
“When I show a sexy dress, I will cover it with a men’s jacket to make it cooler and not say, ‘’Look at me, I’m sexy’.
“I don’t like this. I want to be sexy, but with a bit more discretion, not just be sexy to be sexy.”
Isabel’s design career has spanned over 30 years and she feels like an elite athlete.
She explained: “I feel like a high-level athlete.
“You train and train and train.”
The Frenchwoman’s interest in fashion developed because she felt like an ugly duckling growing up.
She said: “[My younger brother] was super pretty, when I was not pretty at all.
“Now, I’m much prettier than my brother. I have my revenge.
“[Clothes became] a way to express myself, to say, ‘I’m here, I exist. I’ve got ideas. I’m strong.’ “
And Isabel loves the craft behind design.
She said: “Even if we call fashion an industry, you always have a person behind the sewing machine, and it’s still, in a way, handmade.”
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