Alexis Mabille

As you may know, fashion shows are occasionally obscure in their reasoning and impenetrable in their semiotics, but give Alexis Mabille credit : the opening tableau of this season's collection told you everything you needed to know. Four models in rolled white cargo pants, espadrilles, and printed tees stood side by side. The first's top read "ALEXIS M'HABILLE" (i.e. "Alexis dresses me", the verb pronounced just like his surname). The second : "ALEXIS ME DESHABILLE" ("Alexis undresses me...Read Full Story

flower heads for an occasion: Alexis Mabille | Spring 2012 CoutureRead Full Story

SPRING COUTURE 2012 DAY 1:ALEXIS MABILLEAlexis Mabille is getting to be one of my favourite Couturiers even though, sadly, he is still to be discovered by the Hollywood glitterati...and, as you can see from this report, he is indulging fully in the up and coming trend for rainbow colours that seems to be sweeping all before it - the Pre-Fall Collections recently showed a marked trend towards brilliant colours, as did the Golden Globes red carpet too...everything seems to be veering very much...Read Full Story

French designer Alexis Mabille’s goal was to rally his clan of bad boys, bringing elements that appealed to both the refined and the audacious characters in it. Some ideas hover in the fashion ether in a given season, getting twisted and tweaked by designers across the board. Safe to say, Alexis Mabille's campy Scottish theme isn't one of them. In seasons past, Mr Mabille has shown menswear so replete with feminine totems and icons that it often felt scarcely like menswear at all. The rough...Read Full Story

#Fashion designer Alexis Mabille at Men’s Fashion Week in #Singapore last week. Check out the collection at http://t.co/272w2vs3 (Taken with instagram)Read Full Story