Embroidered cotton skirt

From his cherished personal gallery of emotive images, Alexis Mabille brings out and mingles personal memories from a grand old linen closet, with recollections of distant travel.Those impressionist sources are filtered by a taste for precise geometric shapes. And of course, the designer pursues his beloved tuxedo, a necessary counterpoint in black to his fashion. His inspirational sources attest to the designer’s ease with rigorous geometry, yet always translated in light or fluid materials: flat T or Tube cuts , uncontoured pieces of fabric, along with inserted zigzag bands, contrasting borders, and pants’ baguettes… beaded embroidered rickrack, full-circles for skirts and strapless or camisole tops, and square V-neck cardigan…Whereas gossamer laces link to the youthful freshness of cotton eyelet, crepes are also used in pastels powder-pink, sky blue or tender greys, and the crystal embroideries, unraveling feathers, and the bows and satin ribbons so beloved by the designer… scatter a suave poetry and impertinence over the collection. The androgynous black tuxedo and its seduction are in opposition: - the faux-casual, waist-less loose overalls - shorts and pants with drawstring satin ribbon knotted strapless camisole - or one for jogging with an elongated tailored collar;- to the hyper sophistication of long sheath Mermaid line gowns, cut in severe summer wools, flat crepes, on to the wedding suit of the bride.

2010 Spring / Summer collection.