Agapornis
Self Love Letter
Zoé Marmier (1996)
Louise Jarrige-Le Berre (1997)
30% side job (Zoé: florist/Louise: salesperson)
70% fashion designer (40% for the brand + 30% for freelance project)
Zoé Marmier & Louise Jarrige-Le Berre: Bachelor Fashion Design, HEAD 2020
Master Fashion Design and Accessories, HEAD 2022
Self Love Letter
2022
Geneva
Diploma project, Master Fashion Design and Accessories, HEAD, 2022
Model-muses: Elie Autin, Lausanne; Ava Matthey, Geneva; Fanny Lebowski, Geneva; Hugo Ambre Marinoni, Geneva; Marguerite Mikanovski, Geneva; Jeremy Dafflon, Geneva; Estelle Frigenti, Geneva; Daniel Chaves, Geneva; Eytana Acher, Geneva; Chancelvie Sayela, Zurich; Romea Otzenberger, Geneva; Artists-Craftspeople: Jeremy Dafflon, artist-painter, Geneva; Anja Ripoll, ceramist, Geneva; Esteban Chanez, ceramist, Geneva; Lucas Hage, jeweller, Geneva; Sara Revil, craftswoman for “passementeries”, Saint Chamond, (FR); Grégoire d’Aubert, embroiderer, Paris (FR); Tracy Charlene, graphic designer, Geneva; Shooting: James Bantone, artist-photographer, Geneva; Naomi Waku, make up artist, Bruxelles (BE); Chaïm Vischel, make up artist, Geneva; Joelle Mengue, nail artist, Geneva; Cess de la Cruz, nail artist, Geneva; Sound: Golce, sound designer and producer, Lausanne
Look 1: single sleeve top, bow pants, shoes;
Look 2: top, skirt, bag, jewels, shoes;
Look 3: bow sleeves, dress, shoes;
Look 4: bra, skirt, thong, jewels, shoes;
Look 5: bow top, pants, shoes;
Look 6: dress, thong, bag, shoes;
Look 7: corset, skirt, jewels, shoes;
Look 8: dress, thong, jewels, plush, shoes;
Look 9: dress, plush, jewels, shoes;
Look 10: pants, jewels, shoes;
Look 11: puffer jacket, corset, skirt, jewels, shoes;
Look 12: dress, thong, shoes;
Look 13: top, front pants, shoes;
Look 14: dress, thong, shoes;
Look 15: dress, plush, jewels, shoes;
Look 16: collar, pants, plus, jewels, shoes;
Look 17: coat, pants, shoes; 10 sets of nails; 1 box with 1 research/archive book, 1 book with poetry and photoshoot, 1 book of poetry and samples; Video; Original sound
Look 1: M, M, T45;
Look 2: M, S, bag 50 × 50 × 10 cm, 5 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm) T45;
Look 3: M, M, T41;
Look 4: 80B, XS, XS, 4 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T38;
Look 5: M, TU, T41;
Look 6: M, M, bag (25 × 25 × 10 cm), T41;
Look 7: M, TU, bracelet (10 × 10 × 10 cm), 1 ring (5 × 4 × 3 cm), T41;
Look 8: XS, XS, 2 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), plush (15 × 12 × 12 cm), T40;
Look 9: S, plush (30 × 20 × 15 cm), 5 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T41;
Look 10: S, 7 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T41;
Look 11: TU, M, XL, 2 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T40;
Look 12: M, M, T41;
Look 13: S, S, T41;
Look 14: TU, XS, T38;
Look 15: 48, plush (30 × 20 × 10 cm), 2 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T40;
Look 16: TU, TU, plush (20 × 10 × 5 cm), 2 jewels (7 × 7 × 1 cm), T41;
Look 17: 48, 48, T40; 10 sets of nails; Archive box: 360 × 250 × 100 mm; Video; Original sound
Video: .mp4, 1920 × 1080, 8 min 28 sec.; Original sound: .mp3, 8 min 28 sec.
Look 1: Silk taffeta destocked, natural denim certified Oeko Tex;
Look 2: Silk taffeta destocked, natural denim certified Oeko Tex;
Look 3: Silk taffeta destocked, natural denim certified Oeko Tex;
Look 4: Upcycled underwear, threads destocked, Ribbons destocked;
Look 5: Silk taffeta destocked, ribbons, turkey and marabou feathers from food waste;
Look 6: Tulle, Destocked threads, destocked beads, ostrich feathers from food waste, silk taffeta destocked;
Look 7: Handmade trimmings with silk and metal silk destocked;
Look 8: Silk taffeta destocked, denim & nylon crain for corset structure;
Look 9: Handmade trimmings with silk and metal silk destocked;
Look 10: Natural denim certified Oeko Tex, destocked tweed, destocked threads;
Look 11: Silk taffeta destocked, natural denim certified Oeko Tex, nylon crain for corset structure;
Look 12: Destocked shirt buttons, laiton threads;
Look 13: Upcycled underwear and laces, synthetic hair, ostrich feathers from food waste, silk voile destocked;
Look 14: Destocked ribbons, turkey and marabou feathers from food waste;
Look 15: Destocked ribbons;
Look 16: Destocked ribbons, silk taffeta destocked;
Look 17: Printed denim, purple denim certified Oeko Tex, aluminium: trimmings, finishing, jewels, hardware, porcelain: jewels & plushes, upcycled plushes
Les étoffes du sentier, (destoked fabrics), Paris (FR); Sacrés coupons, (destocked fabrics), Paris (FR); Les tissus du chien vert, (natural denim Oeko tex), Brusells (BE); Le Duc (destocked buttons), Brusells (BE); La Materiotek (destocked ribbons), La Chaux-de-Fonds (FR); Malhia Kent, (destocked tweed samples & threads), Paris (FR); Marcy SA – plumassier, (feathers), Béthisy-Saint-Pierre (FR); Lesage, (beads and threads removed from stock during the move of their workshops), Paris (FR); Perle&co, (metallic finishing) (IT)
The Self Love Letter collection is a narrative that leaves room for fantasies, what Agapornis aspires to, like an augmented or poetic version of our identities. Each silhouette is the result of a process of meetings with both the models and the artisans, where self-care is the process. Craft and collecting are part of our approach. One allows to rethink the temporality of fashion and the work of the hand, the other allows to think of a poetic eco-responsibility. Agapornis is the advent of a Body-Treasure, the celebration of people, of encounters, but also of fashion through tactility where the pleasure of making and the pleasure of wearing intersect. From a performative glamour to a sexy tenderness, passing by a prim virility and an almost naïve softness, they find an aesthetic of pomp where the notion of femininity is adorned with clichés. In this collaborative fashion project and experimental laboratory, creating becomes for Agapornis a pretext to celebrate and give love and joy.
