Catherine Deneuve

Yellow printed mohair knit coat LOUIS VUITTON

stardust memory

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
photography by JUERGEN TELLER

 

The French film icon, and française par excellence, is an anti-star who refuses to play the absurd game of celebrity on social media. She retains a true love for art and risk-taking — in cinema, of course, but also in the fashion world.

She is most comfortable working with artists, as she does in this fashion story, wearing Nicolas Ghesquière’s stunning Fall/Winter collection for Louis Vuitton, and photographed for the first time, without a moment’s hesitation, by the enfant terrible of fashion photography, Juergen Teller.

Catherine Deneuve suggested the shoot take place in the beautiful gardens of the Château Saint-Jean de Beauregard, outside of Paris. Even the rain didn’t dampen her enthusiasm. It was a moment filled with the memory of her international debut in Jacques Demy’s…