Eye | Filep Motwary Interviews Paolo Roversi | Paris Couture Remains Strong

Exclusive self-Portrait for Dapper Dan © Paolo RoversiA Blog Curated By introduces us to Filep Motwary, author of an interesting personal website that goes far beyond being an Internet business card.

Born in Cyprus with Syrian Nationality Filep Motwary now lives in Greece. After his studies, he started off as assistant stylist for the Greek edition of l’Officiel followed by four years as first assistant designer to couture House Loukia. In 2004 Filep moved to Paris as an intern to John Galliano, Dior Couture and later Chloe. Since 2006, he signs Un nouVeau iDeal, the blog that Dazed and Confused recently voted on the top ten fashion blogs in Europe. He continues as women’s designer among jewelry designer Maria Mastori. Twice a year he is the Editor for the Fashion issue of Ysterografo and has interviewed some of the most important names in fashion. He is also partner of the web edition of THE POP.

FC tipped all to Motwary’s new interview with couture fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. Here’s a taste.

Motwary: Your models, there’s always something very honest about them.

Roversi: I work in a very simple way with them. When I discover them, I always try to find something that touches me in their faces, if there is a deep exchange and a little mystery about them. They make me dream: through them, everything becomes exiting. I am very seduced by the strange beauty they offer and the question of whether I can touch or not, whether I can discover or not. The truth is, I like to be lost when I look at them.

Known in particular as a couture photographer, the timing is good for Roversi, who has plenty of work. WWD reports that “flush emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Durope and South America” are propelling the couture house forward.

Bruno Pavlovsky, president of Chanel fashion, describes the business as small but active. “We feel more and more interest from these customers for something unique,” adds Pavlovsky.

Life At Dior

Calling 2011 a “really good year,” Sidney Toledano, chief executive at Christian Dior, also agrees that the couture business is strong. Fashion’s elite customers want exception, unique products. Couture dresses that figured prominently in exhibitions such as the one at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow last year, and in Dior’s latest tome, “Dior Couture,” featuring photography by Patrick Demarchelier have also energized couture demand.

Meanwhile, the couture must go on and it is happening in Paris where Bernard Arnault, chairman of LVMH confirmed that there would be no announcement about a replacement for John Galliano this week. Reviewing the Dior Spring/Summer 2012 couture show, Suzy Menkes described the collection as:

 … an x-ray image of the essence of Dior, from the famous Bar Jacket, sleek and chic in black alligator, to romantic dresses, light as the proverbial feather. One had a full skirt printed with Christian Dior’s maxim, defining “elegance” as the right combination of crucial factors, including “naturalness and simplicity.”

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