FRIENDS: Guests attending a housewarming party for designer Vincent Darré’s new apartment showroom in Paris on Friday night, located at 13 Rue Royale, were surprised to see that the place was still empty.
“It’s tradition in France, it’s a real housewarming, the place is still being decorated,” laughed Darré as workers in dungarees milled about serving Champagne. Vanessa Seward and Courrèges designers Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant posed for pictures in the first room hung with sheets daubed with illustrations of King and Queen Royale, their faces cut out for guests to poke their own through, while in the lobby, a live Senegalese band banged out tunes.
“It’s cool, he’s made it his own,” said Seward, who revealed her husband, Bertrand Burgalat, is planning the release of an album based on soundtracks he has created for her show. “I think my favorite would have to be the first one, performed by April March, called ‘Vanessa’s Way.’”
Darré said he’ll install his new collection, Renaissance, in April, mixed with vintage furniture; contemporary artworks, and customized pieces by a range of designers including Eric Schmitt, Mathias Kiss and Mattia Bonetti. “It’s a return to what the arts décoratifs used to be. I had to fight with
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