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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Sybilla at Les Arts D�coratifs


Sybilla was born in New York in 1963. Her father was an Argentine diplomat and her mother was a Polish aristocrat who worked as a fashion designer under the name Countess Sybilla of Saks Fifth Avenue.When little Sybilla was 7 they moved to Madrid. In 1983, after having work for a year (1980-1981) as apprentice cutter and seamstress for Yves Saint Laurent, she opened a workshop in Madrid for tailor-made fashion and presented her first collection the same year. She said that Paris fashion scared her and that in Spain you still could play with clothes. She was part of the revolution that took place during the Eighties in Madrid, (la Movida), a cultural and festive explosion after the end of Franco's dictatorship.

In 1987 she was awarded with the Premio Balenciaga to the Best Young Designer of the Year. And she's said to be the most exciting and talented Spanish designer since Crist�bal Balenciaga. That same year Sybilla signed a contract with Italian based company Gib�. That meant the beginning of her international career, since she started to show her designs on the international catwalks: Milan, Paris, New York and Tokyo. Two years later she started to collaborate with the Japonese company Itokin and still today she sells largely in Japan. She has also launched her collections of footwear, bags, knitwear...



She has always made clear that she doesn't follow any trends. "I do what I like. What I feel. Everything influences me: people, travels, stories... everything leaves a mark on me, but not consciously. I find out afterwards".

In 1996 Sybilla launched her ambitious decoration line (Sybilla Casa). She extended her field of work and start to design candles, lamps, silverware, rugs... Two years later she launched her bridal line. At the moment her brand's little sister Jocomomola it's very popular in Spain. Sybilla's creativity knows no boundaries.

Her simple, pure and unmistakable creations are timeless. Maybe that's why curator Olivier Saillard decided to include a few of her designs in the exhibition "Histoire id�ale de la mode contemporaine vol. I: 70-80" which is currently on (and will be until the 10th of October) at Les Arts D�coratifs, in Paris. The second part of this exhibition, which will cover the Nineties and Noughties will open on the 25th of November. In this exhibition great designers are featured, such as YSL, Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenzo, Comme des Gar�ons or Karl Lagerfeld among many others.






The last collection Sybilla showed in Paris was Autumn/winter 2007-2008: clean pure and concise lines, far from trendy pieces, her vision of fashion is everything but ephemeral. Her garments are meant to become classics.





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