Calla Haynes

Calla Haynes

interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI
portrait by GIASCO BERTOLI

 

The 31-year-old Canadian designer Calla Haynes dropped out of college to start working in fashion in Paris. Her eponymous label, Calla, was recently nominated for two ANDAM awards.

CAROLINE GAIMARI —  How did you end up in Paris?
CALLA HAYNES — When I was 16, I taught myself to sew and make patterns. I lived in the same house in downtown Toronto until the age of 18, when I moved to New York City to attend Parsons. I transferred to Parsons Paris for my junior year. I got a great internship at Rochas with Olivier Theyskens and had a great boyfriend, so I dropped out of school and stayed! If I had gone back to New York to finish at Parsons, I don’t think I ever would have had the guts to…