Yesterday I went on an excursion with my fashion illustration instructor and classmates. We went to Le Sentier "garment/fashion prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) district" of Paris; it is devoted entirely to the textile and RTW business. We stopped at a Mercerie shop and a vintage shop, but our ultimate stop was at Georges Rech, a French fashion house--which my fashion illustration instructor worked there before, for 27 years!! Talk about dedication to one's profession...
I don't want to imagine it...
Anyway. My first class of the day was Fashion Marketing & Merchandising. It lasted from 9h30a-11h30a. Fashion illustration was not to begin for another 2½ hours. So, seeing as it was such a beautiful day with nice weather, Stephanie and I decided to walk to the meeting place, which was the metro stop 'Sentier' @ exit 'Petite Carreaux.'
On our walk we ran into a few interesting Parisian buildings and places...
BUT before all that...we ran into a costume shop :) ...
Stephanie ♥ Pre-Katy Perry
Now...for the interesting buildings...
French signs...
& then we make it to the Mercerie shop...
A mercerie is a shop that sells buttons, thread, ribbon, fabric, and other things that are needed to create a garment. Rose Bertin in the 18th century, was a popular mercérie. In fact, she was Queen Marie Antoinette's personal mercérie. She was an early couturier, however was not officially the first (Charles-Fredrick Worth is France's official couturier--check out an earlier post for more details by clicking here ♡). Bertin would make around 4 garments a day for the Queen. She was able to bring in more business with Marie Antoinette wearing her garment, her business boomed and sold on the fact that to be fashionable, you must do as the queen of the time. Thus political dress became a hit -- just as the small designers of Michelle Obama are able to get a lot of publicity.
buttons, Buttons, BUTTONS!!
& for the finale...
The great pattern-maker for Georges Rech
Everyone is working hard to produce a collection for Georges Rech...
My instructor, d'Argoeuves, is back in her element :)
...she was a designer for Georges Rech for 20-odd something years!! ♥
He oversees Georges Rech production... he was so flamboyant & cute... just wanted to hug him :)
Pattern pieces are getting inserted into the computer...it'll soon create that skirt again...
They're large, mean pattern-cutting machine ♥
Busy, Busy!! It takes GR 3 months to make a collection...
He's working on next season's jacket...
it's his baby...
...& he's very protective of it...
GR in ELLE
C'est la vie!! ♥♡♥
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