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CUIR A PARIS
(15 & 16 APRIL 2003. Paris, FRANCE)

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Photos from Sep. 2002 show

LE CUIR A PARIS brings the material to designers

New partnership with L'INSTITUT FRANCAIS OE LA MODE - IFM -
Who will be presenting 12 international designers during the April 15 - 16, 2003 salon

Barny NAKHLE (Lebanon)
Christine PHUNG (France)
Chrystel FISCHER (Belgium)
Daniel LEDERMANN (Switzerland)
Elena CARDONA (Spain)
Jonas VAN AVERMAET (Belgium)
Mauro DURANT (Venezuela)
Min LU (China)
Pablo COPPOLA (Italy/Argentina)
Sadaharu HOSHINO (Japan)
Tan HUNG YU (Taiwan)
Tuomas MERIKOSKI (Finland)

Supported in their initiative by the French Tannery Federation, represented, among others, by the companies Andre Hiriar and Tannerie de Villefranque, CUIR A PARIS has procured leather for IFM students in order for them to develop unusual projects. Isn't this the best way to validate the partnership undertaken between students in IFM's << Creation Cycle >> and the major fashion houses such as Chanel, Charles Jourdan, Elle Creation, Jacques Bremaud, Stephane Kelian, JB Martin, Jol, Kenzo, Marty, Yves Saint Laurent...

Since October 2001, CUIR A PARIS has selected and welcomed more than 30 designers and creators, giving them the opportunity to order meet in Fashion context: bringing together Creation and Industry. A form of patronage chosen by the salon organisers to introduce extremely distinct universes to each other: Institutions, Producers or raw materials, Manufacturers of finished products, Designers and Educational organizations.

Daniel Ledermann and Barny Nakhla present dresses in sumptuous leathers. Tuomas Merkowski pairs crisp leathers with avant-grade basketball sneakers and uses deerskin for skirts. Chrystel Fischer imagines boots inspired by Pierre Cardin's logo. Tan Hung Yu prefers the ambiguity between transparent plastic and patent leather for a shoe, which could also be a bag...

New trends for the Autumn/Winter 2003/2004 season presented at Le CAP Sep 2002 show