CLIENTS SINCE 2018 : J.M. WESTON, SESSUN, CHLOE, DAVID TOURNIAIRE, ROUJE, UNIQLO-COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS, MAJE, BALZAC... Trained at the "école des arts décoratifs" in Paris, I've worked in France and abroad for luxury (J.M. Weston, Chloé, Zimmermann, Lesage, Balenciaga), contemporary brands (Sessun, Maje, Rouje, American Vintage, Anthropology...) and Fast Fastion (Zara & Uniqlo) with vendors in Europe (Italy, Spain, France, Portugal...) and in Asia (China, Vietnam, India) since 2009. For my clients, I usually manage the whole process of collection including design, technical development, and sourcing. Passionate by craftmanship and know-how, I've worked for 2 years in a vietnamese factory as a designer and developer for an asian brand and international clients. FLUENT IN FRENCH - ENGLISH - SPANISH
Creative direction of shoes and accessories. Design and development of collections, identities & signatures for luxury and contemporary brands. Proposition of a more sustainable approach. Sourcing. Collaboration with marketing /merchandising, design, production and development teams. CURRENT CLIENTS : - SESSUN - since 2023 - FASTRETAILING - UNIQLO, COMPTOIR DES COTONNIERS,PTT - since 2021 - RIXO - since 2023 - L’OREAL - YSL BEAUTY - since 2020 PAST CLIENTS : - DAVID TOURNIAIRE - 23 avril : CHLOE (Chemena Kamali first collection), ZIMMERMANN, STELLA LUNA - 2023 - J.M. WESTON, creative direction of Olivier Saillard - 2018-2020 - ROUJE, creative direction of Jeanne Damas - 2018-2021 - SMCP, MAJE - 2020-2022
Design and development shoes and bags
Creation of the accessories department, design, development, sourcing (Menswear and Womenswear), management of design team
Design and development (shoes , bags and embroidery) for the brand Ipa Nima directly in the factory. Design and development for external clients (Betsey Jonhson / Anthropology / Wako / H&M /...).
Embroidery design and development
Costumes designer for the play "The Merry Wives of Windsor" W. Shakespeare and a movie called « Jeanne Devere » (take place in 1940) by Marcel Bluwal.
Textile and fashion designer assistant for the 2010 spring-summer collection
Designer assistant intern
Nicolas is a great accessories designer, always proposing audacious directions. Easy to work with, I strongly recommand.
Nicolas is a fantastic person to work with in a team. He has excellent technical skills and gets its inspirations from many different know-hows. He is passionate by Craftmanship and knows how to work with precision. He is really client driven and knows how to work with all teams (development, production, merchandising...). Specifically for Shoes, he can offer a technical development service which can be very useful for companies.