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The Fattorialist : it's almost a concept, like a series of variations on the same theme and it's fascinating to follow.
Color, textures and a great extra soul linked to a passion activity which he has also made a profession: finding clothes here and there with a story . This is the great adventure of the day, and also what the second-hand platform Vulpilist offers, co-directed with Maxime Pilard and of which we already loved the Vestiaire du Renard.
Our new guest is called Romée de Saint Céran . And here is his story, his inspiration and his little tips with clothing.
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First memories of the costume
“I am the eldest of five children, and I grew up in a rather classic environment: I never saw my two grandfathers without ties, and my father wore them throughout the work week. The classic wardrobe was therefore never a discovery for me, at least in its codes: I knew nothing about craftsmanship, assembly of jackets, shoes, etc. On the other hand, I always saw the men in my family in jackets and ties.
So I had my first blazer very early on as a teenager, as well as a pair of dress shoes that I had bought with my father for special occasions (weddings, ceremonies, etc.). I had also collected a great uncle's tuxedo that I wore when I was invited to Parisian rally evenings. My father then taught me how to tie a bow tie, because he (rightly!) didn't want me to wear a pre-tied “thing”! Thank you dad.
But all this was “in the order of things” for a young adult in the making, and my first truly personal sartorial memory came a little later, around the age of 19, when I bought a tweed jacket from chevrons that I loved to wear whenever I could. »
Adolescence, style and Corto Maltese
“At college, I quickly understood that my parents would not be able to align themselves with the designer sneakers and fashionable clothes of the time (bombers Paradigm of elegance ), and we hit it off very quickly. He launched Vestiaire du Renard in 2015, of which I was a regular customer, and when it closed its site in 2020, it was with one idea in mind: launching a new, more participatory project.
Rather than hunting for pieces, storing them, photographing them and selling them, why not offer a space where everyone could be a seller, while guaranteeing overall consistency thanks to the filtering of the ads posted? It was at this stage that Maxime asked me to join him in the adventure, which I did with enthusiasm.
We had the intuition that there was a place between Vinted and Vestiaire du Renard, and 7 months after our launch, we are more than confirmed in this idea: we offer sellers visibility among a targeted readership, and buyers are guaranteed that they will not have time to waste rummaging between jackets, solaro , seersucker for summer, and ever more varied tweeds and flannels for winter. On the other hand, there has been an undeniable foray by designers into the sartorial world.
Today, tailors are no longer content with fulfilling orders from their clients, they have regional styles (Neapolitan style, Parisian style, etc.) or even house styles (such as the jackets designed by the Cifonelli cousins) which are very identifiable.
Casualization also allows these forays, and we regularly see “classic” houses collaborating for collections with designers from other worlds (like Drake’s and Aimé Léon Doré for example). And obviously, this often leads to new ideas. »
