Vincent Darré

Vincent Darré with a Poisson bookshelf in wood from the new Maison Darré collection

photography and interview by OLIVIER ZAHM 

 

If a single person incarnates the true French spirit, it’s VINCENT DARRÉ. Ever since Vincent’s first nights at Le Palace — at the age of 17! — le tout Paris has adored him, even if he’s remained relatively unknown internationally. Vincent is both a true eccentric and what French esthetes call an “exquisite personality.” Intelligence, facility, fantasy, and humor are the hallmarks of his approach to life — and to his work, be it for Prada, Moschino, or Fendi. His latest and perhaps most ambitious project is La Maison Darré, a boutique-cum-atelier in which this normally reserved connoisseur gathers his friends for an open-house showing of his creations, his furnishings, and his phantasmagoric vision of life.

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