Small town, great couture
Romain Courret, my favourite couturier (see post of January 24) had invited to his défilé of the season and he played it grand. We could enjoy his inventive fashion in the beautiful courtyard of the golf hotel Chateau des Vigiers. Romain had named his new collection Nouvelle Ambassade / New Embassy. The German equivalent Botschaft has the double meaning of embassy and message and a message he did convey. It spelled vivid creativity and playfulness. As a hommage to the mixed nationalities of his viewers Romain had dedicated each outfit to a diffferent nation. The défilé took place on French Heritage Day. The Chateau was just the right frame. The French flair for keeping their tradition alive was the other messsage. They hold skilled handicraft, the creation and the restauration of beautiful objects in the highest esteem. Couturiers, jewellers, glass blowers, cabinet makers, uphol...