Purple Magazine
— S/S 2009 issue 11
Vincent Darré & Elie Top
The multi-talented French designer VINCENT DARRÉ and his boyfriend ELIE TOP
photographed at home by MAX FARAGO
with a selection of the arresting and unusual objects he created for his exclusive Paris boutique.
“Childhood images flash like Polaroids in a labryinth, images in an analphabetic alphabet — an imaginary anarchy inventing a vocabulary — political parents vie with a fascination for cathedrals, pagan crypts, the artifice of death, the shame of mystical superstition — hypnotized by reliquaries, skeletons covered in gold and precious stones, mummies in vitrines, ex-votos, needlework, pendants, metaphysics, symbolism, sacristies, cemeteries, vestiges of memories — surrealistic allegories fueling an obsession — visits to abandoned houses, disaffected planets of dust, visions obscured by time and displacement — baroque forms, a genius in a cubistic lab, deco cinemas, X-rays, black-and-white, Technicolor — a patchwork of visions building a religion, my religion, my fantasies of the mockery of death, a dance of skeletons, an anatomical chart of a comic universe.”
Maison Darré, 32, rue du Mont Thabor, Paris
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Black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD
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Black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD
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Black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD
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Vincent wears a black smoking DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD and gold cuff links VAN CLEEF & ARPELS. Elie wears a black velvet jacquard peak lapel cocktail jacket, black wool tuxedo pants with satin side stripe, and white shirt TOM FORD and his own black leather boots
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Gray wool suit jacket, gray trousers and tie BALENCIAGA, gray cotton shirt with white collar and cuffs LANVIN and Vincent’s own sunglasses and pocket square
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Blue linen and cotton jacket YVES SAINT LAURENT, blue denim shirt A.P.C., houndstooth waistcoat ADAM KIMMEL and Elie’s own scarf
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Elie wears a red, white and blue plaid jacket MJOLK, red and navy knit sweater BALENCIAGA, brown and white cotton shirt DIOR HOMME, jeans A.P.C. and his own belt and boots. Vincent wears a white cotton shirt NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS, blue and white striped jacket DRIES VAN NOTEN, blue and white gingham waistcoat JUNYA WATANABE, blue velvet pants A.P.C., white suede shoes HERMES, striped knit tie OLD ENGLAND, sunglasses BLAAK and his own belt
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Elie wears a blue linen and cotton jacket YVES SAINT LAURENT, denim shirt A.P.C., houndstooth waistcoat ADAM KIMMEL and his own scarf, jeans and boots. Vincent wears a dark gray jacket VIRIDI ANNE, white cotton shirt NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS, navy velvet pants A.P.C. and brown leather shoes HERMES
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Gray cotton shirt with white collar and cuffs LANVIN, white velvet pants A.P.C., denim jacket with embroidered white dots KILGOUR, knit striped tie GEORGES RECH and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME
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Gray cotton shirt with white collar and cuffs LANVIN, white velvet pants A.P.C., denim jacket with embroidered white dots KILGOUR, knit striped tie GEORGES RECH and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME
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Vincent wears a black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD
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Vincent wears a black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD. Elie wears a black velvet jacquard peak lapel cocktail jacket, black wool smoking pants with satin side stripe, white shirt and black patent leather evening pumps TOM FORD, black satin and silk waistcoat KRIS VAN ASSCHE and brown silk bow tie DOLCE & GABBANA
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Beige trench coat MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, denim jacket A.P.C., striped cotton shirt DIOR HOMME and gray jersey printed tie ADAM KIMMEL
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Multicolor knit sweater, brown and beige houndstooth jacket and cotton striped shirt RALPH LAUREN, blue printed silk pocket square CHARVET, plaid print tie THOM BROWNE and Elie’s own jeans YVES SAINT LAURENT
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Vincent wears a dark gray jacket VIRIDI ANNE, white cotton shirt NICOLAS ANDREAS TARALIS, navy velvet pants A.P.C., black, beige and gray knit tie OLD ENGLAND. Elie wears a blue linen and cotton jacket YVES SAINT LAURENT, denim shirt A.P.C., houndstooth waistcoat ADAM KIMMEL and his own scarf and jeans
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Gray wool suit jacket and tie BALENCIAGA, gray cotton shirt with white collar and cuffs LANVIN and Vincent’s own pocket square and watch
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Black smoking and black patent leather shoes DIOR HOMME, striped shirt CHARVET and purple velvet bow tie TOM FORD
