{"id":503508,"date":"2022-02-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/numero.com\/non-classifiee-2\/meeting-with-designer-ludovic-de-saint-sernin-nowadays-a-man-in-a-dress-isnt-necessarily-mocked\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"meeting-with-designer-ludovic-de-saint-sernin-nowadays-a-man-in-a-dress-isnt-necessarily-mocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numero.com\/en\/non-classifiee-2\/meeting-with-designer-ludovic-de-saint-sernin-nowadays-a-man-in-a-dress-isnt-necessarily-mocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with designer Ludovic de Saint Sernin : \u201cNowadays, a man in a dress isn\u2019t necessarily mocked\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3255d2e0697&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3255d2e0697\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00010_0021_CMJNOK-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovic de Saint Sernin by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>Num\u00e9ro : What made you want to become a fashion designer?<br \/>\r\nLudovic de Saint Sernin : <\/strong>As far back as I can remember, I\u2019ve always wanted to do this job. Very young, as soon as I was able to, around three or four years old, I started to draw. Afterwards I took painting and sewing classes, all the while following a standard educational path, because my mother wanted to make sure I finished high school with good grades, in case I didn\u2019t make it in the fashion industry. After taking my baccalaureate in literature, I started at the Duperr\u00e9 Applied Arts School, where I studied women\u2019s ready-to-wear for four years. I was a huge fan of famous designers like Yves Saint Laurent, who created clothing for women, so the choice of womenswear seemed very natural to me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>And yet your output has a very homoerotic side to it. When you discovered sex \u2013 I\u2019m imagining as an adolescent \u2013, did it alter the way you saw fashion?<\/strong><br \/>\r\nNo, because at the time I was heterosexual: I liked and admired a lot of women. Because of the way I\u2019d been brought up, I didn\u2019t even question my sexual orientation. It was only once I went to college that I discovered other horizons, other ways of seeing life. Suddenly I was surrounded by people who were gender fluid, gay or lesbian and who were&nbsp;perfectly at ease with who they were and didn\u2019t see it as an issue. But I continued to tell myself that I was a male fashion designer, and that, because Yves Saint Laurent designed clothes for the women he admired or was close to, I should do the same. I hadn\u2019t ever thought about the role of sexuality with respect to clothing, or the role that a designer\u2019s sexuality might play in the garments they design. That came much later. When I was about 23 or 24, I read Patti Smith\u2019s book <i>Just Kids<\/i>, in which she recounts her love affair with Robert Mapplethorpe, a man who was as much in love with her as she was with him, but who in the end started to explore other horizons and realized that actually he preferred guys. It was a concrete example of a man who liked girls and who, later, liked boys, and it allowed me to free myself. When I launched my brand, I\u2019d just started a relationship with a man, and the project evolved: I decided I wanted to make feminine clothing that would be worn by men, but without it being cross-dressing, or arch, or over the top. We did a runway show right at the start in men\u2019s Fashion Week, but the idea was to allow men to appropriate women\u2019s garments. Interestingly though, during that d\u00e9but season, we sold more clothes to women\u2019s clothing shops than to men\u2019s.<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3255d2e0a77&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3255d2e0a77\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00020_0028_CMJNOK_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovic de Saint Sernin by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>It didn\u2019t take long after that first collection for you to become identified with your lace-up undergarment, which has since become your signature design. What\u2019s your feeling about the huge success of this particular piece?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>I felt that I was extremely lucky to have a piece from my very first collection that was destined to become an icon. The inspiration came, once again, from Mapplethorpe: in his photos of homoerotic BDSM there are knitted jockstraps and leather underwear. I designed the lace-up piece for my first collection in June 2017, but I showed it under a raincoat. The show was taking place in broad daylight, my family was going to attend, so I felt a bit inhibited. On Saint Valentine\u2019s day 2018, it was finally brought out into the light of day. I made different examples of it in black leather, denim and red cot- ton, and a friend photographed it on a model at Chateau Marmont. After seeing the pictures, people soon became obsessed with this piece of luxury underwear. Just as Jean Paul Gaultier has his conical bra, I have the lace-up undergarment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n<strong>Mapplethorpe\u2019s photos are rather dark, while the eroticism in your collections and publicity campaigns is eminently light and sunny. <\/strong><br \/>\r\nAbsolutely. It\u2019s a way of seeing homoeroticism and sexuality that I think hasn\u2019t really been explored much up till now. I evoke a certain type of freshness and happiness, and though there\u2019s nothing dark about my images, that doesn\u2019t mean they weren\u2019t inspired by a scene you might call dark. It has to do with the limit between the public and private spheres, what you can reveal in broad daylight and what you might prefer to keep all to yourself. Mapplethorpe\u2019s photos were considered very shocking in the 80s. I don\u2019t show my undergarment in a provocative or militant way \u2013 my style is easier, and it can therefore appeal to a much wider audience.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u201cJust as Jean Paul Gaultier has his conical bra, I have the lace-up undergarment.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><br \/>\r\n<strong>Your ready-to-wear garments are very sexy in the way they highlight the body by being already slightly open, or asking to be opened, or appearing as though about to slip off the wearer&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Totally. It\u2019s really become a trademark of the Ludovic de Saint Sernin brand. Sometimes the garment is just a bit of cloth \u2013 the brand\u2019s entire aesthetic is to do with the body, how to dress and undress it. That\u2019s why I love designing summer collections, but I also try to do it for winter clothes, imagining the cold season in LA rather than in Paris. I like lacing, and the half undressed. That was the starting point, but since I wear my pieces every day I realize that it\u2019s important for them to be functional. So I\u2019m trying to mix the practical and the fantasy aspects and make the two work together.<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3255d2e0dba&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3255d2e0dba\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00015-Ludovic-De-Saint-Sernin-Fa-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovic de Saint-Sernin automne-hiver 2021-2022<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>Some of your pieces show less of the body, and instead exhibit a sensuality of materials in natural or pastel colours.<\/strong><br \/>\r\nMy colour palette is indeed very soft and natural, it resonates with fabrics that can be worn next to the skin, like cashmere. It\u2019s part of the Ludovic de Saint Sernin DNA.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>You\u2019re putting forward a new kind of male beauty: a man who takes care of his body, who\u2019s not afraid to show it off as an erotic object, but who doesn\u2019t subscribe to the usual codes of virility.<\/strong><br \/>\r\nIn many ways my brand is inspired by my life \u2013 there\u2019s a lot of autobiography in there. My first collection was about a coming out and a coming of age. That resonated with a lot of boys, but also with girls or people who felt gender fluid. Today you have more impact if you tell your own story rather than adopting an external theme. It allows people who are going through something similar to be reassured. It\u2019s an aspect of my work that I find very exciting, because there\u2019s both a social and a political side to it. I don\u2019t necessarily want to politicize my clothing, but it is nonetheless the vehicle for certain messages and values that turn it into a political object. The boy in the advertising campaigns is just like me, he doesn\u2019t ask himself if it\u2019s masculine to show oneself in such and such a way, he just presents himself as he is, but as the best version of himself. He doesn\u2019t try to transform the way he is according to society\u2019s diktats, but instead follows his own instinct and is just himself.<\/p>\r\n\n                    <figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a3255d2e10da&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a3255d2e10da\" class=\"wp-block-image size-medium-large wp-lightbox-container\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/numero.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00005-Ludovic-de-Saint-Sernin-RT-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button>\n                    <figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ludovic de Saint-Sernin printemps-\u00e9t\u00e9 2022<\/figcaption>\n                    <\/figure>\n                    \n                    <p><strong>On female models you tend to show types of garment that are traditionally considered to be womenswear, for example your short corsets with rather thin straps.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As a teenager I was a fan of Britney Spears and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen&#8230; I loved what they wore. I used to design women\u2019s clothing like that, but I never thought I could wear those pieces myself. So now I guess I\u2019m making my adolescent dreams come true by wearing the clothes of girls that I admired at the time. That\u2019s why I\u2019m a fan of designers like Azzedine Ala\u00efa, who exalted the female body like no one else&#8230; I\u2019m trying to do a similar thing for the male body in a way that\u2019s never been seen before. During my three years working at Balmain, I was close to a girl who was exactly the same size as me. We had a very similar body type. We used to swap clothes a lot, which greatly marked me, because I realized that she could wear my entire wardrobe and vice versa without our appearing ridiculous. Nowadays, a man in a dress isn\u2019t necessarily mocked, it\u2019s become far more acceptable. I\u2019m glad to see that things have become more fluid, but that doesn\u2019t mean to say I\u2019m not glad that there\u2019s clothing for men who are masculine and for women who are feminine. Today, there\u2019s something for everyone.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"text-align-center\"><em><strong>\u201cI\u2019m not looking to provoke or be militant, I just think we should try to get rid of our taboos.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>You also appear in your brand\u2019s promotional imagery, on Instagram and in publicity campaigns. Is it important for you to be the incarnation of the label?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It happened organically, because on the personal Instagram account I was running at the time of the brand\u2019s launch, I posted photos of both myself and my designs. I\u2019ve always thought that if I don\u2019t wear the clothes I design, how can I sell them to someone else? For my generation of designers it seems perfectly normal to be the incarnation of the brand. Rick Owens and Donatella Versace already did it. What\u2019s new, with Instagram, is that it reaches a much wider audience. Where the spring\/summer 2021 swimwear campaign is concerned, which was shot by Willy Vanderperre and for which I modelled, things again happened organically. Just when shooting was scheduled to start, the pandemic set in, and Willy thought it would be better if I modelled the clothes myself rather than having a professional model travel to the shoot if we could avoid it. Moreover, the collection referred to my breakup with my boyfriend, and there was no one who was better able to represent that than me.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Sexuality is important in your brand image, and for Saint Valentine\u2019s day in 2019 you released a sex toy designed with the Japanese brand Tenga. Is this something you might develop further?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>That collaboration came about when I was doing my second collection, which was inspired by Surrealism. It just so happens that the Surrealists were crazy about eggs, so I put a sort of eggcup on a model\u2019s shoulder, which was melting like Dal\u00ed\u2019s watches, and had an egg inside it. Then someone told me about a Japanese brand of sex toys that makes eggs for male masturbation. I met up with the company, and they were very enthusiastic about the idea of collaborating. The result was an egg branded LDSS. I haven\u2019t designed any more sex toys, but I did collaborate with Pornhub for spring 2022, designing T-shirts, singlets and hoodies, the idea being to say that sexuality is part of everyone\u2019s life. Our times make that very visible, but the more visible it is the more it\u2019s censured. I think that evoking sexuality has always been a part of fashion. Rick Owens made goatskin cock rings, if I\u2019m not mistaken. Anyway, I\u2019m not looking to provoke or be militant, I just think we should try to get rid of our taboos.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>www.ludovicdesaintsernin.com<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Num\u00e9ro : What made you want to become a fashion designer? 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