Butterfly

photographed by JACK PIERSON
model CHRISTOPHER NIQUET
hair by ODILE GILBERT

An intimate portrait of the French stylist, Christopher Niquet, who left Paris to start a new life in New York City.

Dusty blue cotton military jacket A.P.C.

CAROLINE GAIMARI — How did you get started in fashion?
CHRISTOPHER NIQUET — I pretty much always worked full time as an assistant, interning at different independent magazines. Little by little people in the office began asking me if they could photograph me. One day I visited a friend on a shoot and met Joe McKenna. He asked me if he could photograph me for a menswear story in New York the following day. He helped me find an agency in Paris and New York. Because of him, I ended up modeling for Dazed, Uomo Vogue, Vogue Hommes International, i-D, Louis Vuitton…