Having presented a haute couture and a ready-to-wear collection every season since 1984 their story is one of shared feelings, interests, and passions and the growth of a tiny workshop on the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore into a salon, then into a boutique, and finally to a full-fledged fashion house.
Lecoanet was born in 1955 at Chaumont in Eastern France. After studying fine arts, he worked in advertising for a short time but soon discovered his interest and creative calling in the world of couture. With this ambition, he enrolled to train in fashion design at the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture.
Hemant was born in 1957 to a German mother from Berlin and an Indian father from Delhi. He spent his childhood in Delhi and then went on to study design and dressmaking in Germany. Here, he gained experience in the ready-to-wear business with a major German firm and then went to Paris to learn fashion design.
Didier Lecoanet and Hemant Sagar met in 1978 and their relationship grew to promote their complementary talents in the field of fashion design.
- 1984 was the birth of their fashion house
- 1988, introduced a line of accessories in Japan
- 1994 they won the Golden Thimble fashion award (le De d’Or)
Lecoanet has his paint and brush out when he is not designing exquisite clothes. Hemant, for his part, divides his time between managing the business and listening to music from around the globe. Both have a passion for travel, cosmopolitan places, new sensations and adventure. Their travels to distant lands and chance encounters with extraordinary people infuse their collections with energy and life.
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