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TEN-YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT SAINT LAURENT FROM A WOMAN’S FANTASY TO REALITY, AND BACK

interview

by OLIVIER ZAHM

portrait by INEZ AND VINOODH

OLIVIER ZAHM — Ten years already at Saint Laurent. How did it go?

ANTHONY VACCARELLO — It went very, very fast. I didn’t really see the years go by. It feels like yesterday.

OLIVIER ZAHM — Do you remember when you were a young designer, full of ambition, new on the Paris scene?

ANTHONY VACCARELLO — Of course. I remember packing my clothes into boxes to deliver them to Colette, who used to hold showroom appointments in my kitchen. The make-do years. It’s not that I miss them, but I’m nostalgic for that period.

OLIVIER ZAHM — As someone who is quite reserved and discreet, how do you feel about your growing fame?

ANTHONY VACCARELLO — I’m fine with it because I don’t really care that much. And…