When the world is disturbing hay, Marie-Christine Statz finds solace in color and is committed to substance and light. “We need to find fun in the specific world of making clothes every day,” the designer said during a visit to her showroom in the Great House Mannia apartment across the Louvre. “Looking at the color helps us express ourselves creatively. It doesn’t help to do an all-black collection,” she quipped.
To emphasize this theme, Statz constructs her space with a huge pane of tinted glass, echoing the rich palette of brown, burgundy and smoky gray, with an accent of Ocher Yellow or Misty Blue. In the fall, Gauchere tilted its signature slim look, bringing cargo into higher territories as pants or high-waisted skirts, paired with sleeveless salt and chili cargo jackets or tailored suit jackets with invisible seam pockets or tailored blazers. Statz cuts down some of the sharpest, flattering pants in town, and here she offers many desirable options, especially in chocolate leather or khaki with deep pockets, paired with a relaxed Cashmeres or a tinted rib top and spacious sweater in wool.
Gauchere philosophy has recently attracted the attention of new collaborators from far away. The tag has just unveiled the 15-style capsule with China Chinese tag MO&Co. And, after the costume design of Benjamin Millepied’s hit single “Grace: Jeff Buckley Dances,” which premiered in Paris in November, Statz and Star Choregraphter will rewrite their collaboration on another piece on Pharharmonie de Paris later this month.
Like its palette, this fall series seems to represent an evolution of a degree and a quarter tone. For customers who want to look calm and polished, this is a favorite jeans when the world is big and it looks reassuring, which looks reassuring.
