{"id":346297,"date":"2013-10-16T13:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T05:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/1-on-1-interview-with-french-couturier-stephane-rolland-346297.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T12:56:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:56:30","slug":"1-on-1-interview-with-french-couturier-stephane-rolland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/1-on-1-interview-with-french-couturier-stephane-rolland-346297.html","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive interview with French couturier Stephane Rolland"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>The first emotion that comes to mind when we meet French Couture designer\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stephanerolland.com\/\">Stephane Rolland<\/a>\u00a0is jealousy. Jealousy because he has the most luscious and incredible hair I\u2019ve ever seen. This quickly turns to intrigue as I start to talk the man who has never made the modern, minimalist aesthetic look so good.<\/p> <p>Here in Singapore ,having showcased his collection for the second time earlier this week at<a href=\"http:\/\/fidefashionweeks.com\/\">\u00a0FID\u00e9 Fashion Weeks<\/a>, Rolland happens to be one of the most celebrated French designers not only for his decade long work with Jean-Louis Scherrer Haute Couture, but also for his eponymous label which he launched in 2007.<\/p> <p>Although he was admitted into the select twelve houses of \u201cHaute Couture\u201d by the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Economie, de l\u2019Industrie et de l\u2019Emploi and has dressed the likes of Beyonc\u00e8, Cheryl Cole, Rihanna and Kim Kardashian, he believes his career triumph \u201chasn\u2019t happened yet\u201d.<\/p>  <p><strong>Marie France Asia:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Balenciaga at 20 years old \u2013 how did that come about?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>Stephane Rolland:<\/strong>\u00a0I can\u2019t explain everything it just happened. I met Pierre Berg\u00e9 one day \u2013 of course the president of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ysl.com\/chooseYourCountry.asp?mm=\">\u00a0Yves Saint Laurent\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 because my dream was to work with Yves Saint Laurent himself. He said 'no way \u2013 you can\u2019t work with Mr Saint Laurent' and I couldn\u2019t understand why he refused. I was shocked as I was just a young boy and I just wanted to have an internship. And I understood later that they didn\u2019t want me to collaborate with him as I would only be a number in the company. When I say number I mean one between everybody else. He understood who I was immediately and said \u201cyou\u2019re going to meet someone and that person will help you\u201d and it was very strange.<\/p> <p>Then I met the president of IFM (L\u2019Institut Fran\u00e7ais de la Mode) who is now the president of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modeaparis.com\/en\/federation\/\">Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture<\/a>, Didier Grumbach, and at that moment he told me \u201cyou\u2019re made for Balenciaga\u201d. The day after I met the General Manager of Balenciaga. Eight months after I signed my contract and I became artistic manager after one year. I was a kid with no experience! But when she saw my work she said \u201cOh my God, this is so Balenciaga\u201d. These are the first words she said and I didn\u2019t understand. I thought to myself, what is she talking about? I am just a student. Of course I was very proud, but very surprised at the same time because I had no experience!<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: You learnt less is more there\u2026<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes I learnt this from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.balenciaga.com\/chooseyourcountry.asp\">Balenciaga\u00a0<\/a>mainly but also when I discovered more of the work of all the great designers. I understood that everything I was attracted to was very simple, but strong cuts. Minimalism is the most difficult thing to achieve because when you say less is more, it\u2019s true of course, but less cannot accept any imperfections. It takes more time to do just a simple dress than to do something extravagant with ruffles and things.<\/p>  <p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/stephane-rolland-interview2.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-4151\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4151 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/stephane-rolland-interview2.jpg\" alt=\"stephane-rolland-interview2\" width=\"434\" height=\"652\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: You started your own Couture label in the throws of the economic crisis. Why do you think your business survived and thrived?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0There is something that is very logical. When you have an economic crisis, you have no middle range anymore. Rich people become more rich and poor become more poor which is cruel but it\u2019s a fact. So if I had to start with the pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter I would have had a lot of problems so that is why I decided to start with the Haute Couture. I knew from the beginning it would work. Of course there is always a risk but it was less risky than to start with the pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter. And as I was already successful with my Haute Couture with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jean-louis-scherrer.com\/\">Jean-Louis Scherrer<\/a>\u00a0I thought I have to start my own company with Haute Couture. When you want to launch a brand I think it\u2019s good to come back to the essence of the DNA of the brand which for me is Haute Couture. After, you branch out with the pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter, accessories, perfume etc. Unfortunately this crisis was terrible for the world but besides this it was not such bad timing.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: When it comes to fashion, what is more important \u2013 the theatrics of a dress or is it about wearability?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>SR:<\/strong>\u00a0Both. First of all wearability. In Haute Couture women are sometimes accepting to suffer a lot to have the best look ever [laughs]. But I want women to feel good in the dress. It\u2019s a matter of balance. I want them to be spectacular and talk of the town in a way, but also not to<br \/> look ridiculous in the dress. If you can\u2019t walk correctly it\u2019s not good. If you don\u2019t look cool in the dress it\u2019s not good.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>You\u2019ve had a long running relationship with the Cannes Film Festival. I loved your dresses Cheryl Cole wore\u2026<\/strong><\/p>  <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Very simply I think she loved what I\u2019d done and my PR arranged a meeting. She saw the dresses\u2026 You know she is so sweet. She\u2019s like an angel.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: Well, Cheryl Cole was talk of the town in those gowns.<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes true.<\/p>  <p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Stephane-rolland-Cheryl-Cole-Cannes-2011.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-4146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4146 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Stephane-rolland-Cheryl-Cole-Cannes-2011.jpg\" alt=\"Stephane-rolland-Cheryl-Cole-Cannes-2011\" width=\"360\" height=\"518\" \/><\/span><\/a><br \/> <strong>MFA: On celebrities, you\u2019ve also dressed Beyonc\u00e8, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian\u2026<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>SR:<\/strong>\u00a0Kim is a friend. She is so sweet. Sometimes the women I dress are also unexpected for my brand. But also it\u2019s very interesting as I like to transform them a little bit. For example, when Kim came to me, I\u2019m not going to create an over sexy, crazy dress for her. And if you see the dresses I\u2019ve done for her, they are very soft and clean because Kim is not (because I know her) what we think she is. She\u2019s a very sensitive person. She\u2019s extremely well educated. The image of Kim in pictures is totally different to the private side of Kim. When I dress her it\u2019s never too open, I use calm colours \u2013 of course it\u2019s tight on the body but it\u2019s not over sexy.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Kim-Kardashian-Stephane-Rolland.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-4147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4147 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Kim-Kardashian-Stephane-Rolland.jpg\" alt=\"Kim-Kardashian-Stephane-Rolland\" width=\"398\" height=\"573\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: Is there someone you would like to dress?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Cate Blanchett. I love Cate Blanchett. I think it will happen one day. I\u2019m just waiting my time on my side. I don\u2019t like to ask. Maybe one day she will see my work and understand me. It\u2019s also a business. There are so many brands signing contracts with the stars and I don\u2019t like that. I never pay for a star. I love artists in general and I love to collaborate with artists.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: Do you have a muse?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t like to have a muse. I am crazy about some women but I can\u2019t see them as my muse. I think it\u2019s too restrictive because I am talking to all women. To have a muse, it\u2019s as if I\u2019m forgetting all the other women. In my mind, all my collections are a mix of women.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: What should women never wear?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0You have to be comfortable in yourself. We are more attracted to someone who is sincere in themselves. You need time to find who you are. You need peace and serenity with your past, with the trauma you\u2019ve had in your childhood \u2013 with everything. And this comes with age. You can\u2019t find serenity in yourself at twenty years old \u2013 that\u2019s ridiculous. Women at forty, fifty are beautiful. She has the experience of life.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: Is that why you like Carmen Dell\u2019Orefice?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>SR:<\/strong>\u00a0No. Carmen is something else. She is like the miracle of life. I wish all women to be like her at eighty years old.<\/p>  <p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Stephane-rolland-carmen.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-4148\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4148 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/Stephane-rolland-carmen.jpg\" alt=\"Stephane-rolland-carmen\" width=\"418\" height=\"627\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p><strong>MFA: Who is the most influential person in your life?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Wow. When I have to choose one person it\u2019s always very restrictive to me. For my aesthetic, my mother, my grandmother \u2013 they are very different but complementary. After that it\u2019s more about design and art, sculptures, designers, painters, photographers, architects \u2013 it\u2019s a group of artists who\u2019ve influenced me and made me who I am.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: You\u2019ve enjoyed many triumphs throughout your career but what is a highlight for you?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t have this feeling. I\u2019ve had a few successes but it didn\u2019t happen yet. This highlight that I want. I really started to feel good at forty years old and started on my own. At that moment I found peace. It was the perfect age with all my background of the hundred person image of Stephane Rolland. I think that\u2019s why the collection was very successful as people really saw the one hundred persons of Stephane Rolland. I was free to communicate the way I want to people and it really is paying return. But now my business or career highlight will be when I have boutiques with all the products I want in my style \u2013 sculpture, accessories, my perfume. When everything is achieved I will be happy.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: How do you keep it fresh season after season?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0I don\u2019t know [laughs]. I have no answer for that! I hope to keep this freshness for a long time! I know it\u2019s difficult but I have no explanation. Maybe I just have a clear vision of the world. To be curious keeps you younger always. When you are like this you stay young and modern in your brain. Your creativity is maintained fresh.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: When are you happiest?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m very happy with all my team when we are in the process of the collection. I feel great and good because at this moment there are no issues. We are all together like a family and in a total creative mood. And that is the perfect time for me but alas it\u2019s not so often.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/stephane-rolland-fan-bing-bing.jpeg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-4152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4152 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/10\/stephane-rolland-fan-bing-bing.jpeg\" alt=\"stephane-rolland-fan-bing-bing\" width=\"478\" height=\"717\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>  <p><strong>MFA:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What do you think of the fashion landscape in Asia \u2013 Singapore in particular?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0I think Singapore is one of the best places because there is a real social life. Women in Asia love to get dressed in a very sophisicated way. It\u2019s very glamorous. Every woman is different no matter where she comes from. I want them to be attracted to my work. To be surprised by my work.<\/p>  <p><strong>MFA: Do you have big plans for Asia?<\/strong><\/p> <p><strong>S R:<\/strong>\u00a0Yeah but it\u2019s difficult to talk as nothing is signed yet. I\u2019m a bit superstitious. [smiles].<\/p>  <p><strong>Marie France Asia \u2013 watch this space!<\/strong><\/p>  <p><em>Yvette King<\/em><\/p>  <p><strong><em>Yvette King<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0is\u00a0a Singapore-based fashion and lifestyle TV presenter who has interviewed the who\u2019s who in the fashion world. When she\u2019s not reporting backstage at a catwalk show or at a red carpet, she\u2019s working on her style blog\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/tanjongbazaar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>tanjongbazaar.com<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh after showing at Singapore Fashion Week 2013, the French designer talks Haute Couture,  pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter and dishes out on his celebrity clients from Cheryl Cole to Beyonc\u00e8, Rihanna and Kim 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