Allegria Torassa

An ivory wool crepe Jason coat PALLAS PARIS with leather boots GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI

pallas paris
on women’s tuxedos

interview by CAROLINE GAIMARI
portraits by MARK BORTHWICK
style by NIKI PAULS

 

Allegria Torassa is a 33-year-old Franco-English fashion designer and co-founder of the Cicciolina party. This is her second season designing tuxedos for the historic French atelier Pallas, which is renowned for its work on suit pieces for French fashion houses including Karl Lagerfeld and Balenciaga at the time of Nicolas Ghesquière.

CAROLINE GAIMARI — When did you first meet Daniel Bousquet and Véronique Pallas from Pallas?
ALLEGRIA TORASSA — I met them while I was working at Balenciaga with Nicolas Ghesquière; whenever we needed to make a really smart jacket, we would call Pallas. Of course, the studio at Balenciaga was really strong, but we would sometimes call on Pallas to rework a drawing and…