Gauchere fall winter 2023

Gauchere presents the fall winter 2023 collection in Paris.

The 38 looks of the GAUCHERE Fall Winter 2023 collection declare the house’s continual direction to focus on the per- son who is wearing the garment and their real-life existence. For the second time in a row, Marie-Christine Statz decided that the atmosphere of the Passage des Jacobins was the ideal place to reflect the collection's mood.

The toned-down color code is built on a palette of different greys, shades of light brown, cream, white, and many blacks. A bright grass-green print accentuates the mainly monochrome looks. Marie-Christine Statz extracted the motif from an untitled work Camille Henrot painted in 2022. It was transformed on sand-colored viscose resembling canvas. The oversized shirt, mid-length skirt, and sleeveless top are constructed with placed slits that form their shapes and reshape the artwork in movement.

The growing bond and stimulating dialogue between Marie-Christine Statz and Camille Henrot led to a series of black & white looks, including a Pyjama – one that Schnabel or Basquiat could have worn in the 1980s with an all-over pattern of Henrot’s erotic drawings, arranged in dangerous promiscuity.

As per DNA, tailoring provides the essence and larger part of the winter collection. Seamed slits break up this season, the garments’ inherent precise silhouettes on coats, jackets, skirts, and trousers. Fabrics with different weights, such as classic Italian menswear pinstripes and heavier loden fabrics, alternate in one piece and modify the shape. Open edges and large pleats deconstruct dresses, blazers, and knits. All these precise manipulations of the garments come to life differently - depending on the individual who wears them.

Washed-out grey denim jackets and trousers play with volume and pleats. Asymmetric ribbed, pleated, or skin-tight knits are made of 90s vintage yarn. Shiny lacquered cotton, patent linen, and sequins are shown in off-the-shoulder dresses, high-waisted trousers, and bubble tops. Black leather, textured brushed wool, techno or cotton jerseys, and semi-transparent soft wool serge are cut into oversized turtleneck sweaters and draped into floor-long backless dresses, midi skirts, and cropped tops with boyish femininity.

GAUCHERE is a French prêt-à-porter house founded in 2013 by the designer Marie-Christine Statz. Her vision is to create garments that point out the individual. At the heart of GAUCHERE is the art of tailoring, the appreciation of materials as they are, and the translation in pure geometric structures and sculptural volumes. Marie-Christine’s intuitive designs express today's mood while aiming for permanence and timelessness.

The GAUCHERE community is progressive. It is an active participant in today’s society.“Live and let live” is not just a phrase for them but an attitude toward life.

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