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Friday, March 11, 2011

Roche Bobois launches Jean Paul Gaultier Collection, Dublin


Thursday night saw the 50th Birthday of the Iconic French store, Roche Bobois, celebrated in their ultra chic store in the Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford. This milestone also coincided with the launch of the Jean Paul Gaultier Collection, a collaboration between the famous Haute Couturier and his fellow Frenchmen.



The collection reflects Gaultier’s originality, playfulness and wit. The new designs including ‘dressings’ of some of Roche Bobois’ most well-known pieces, is a celebration of high glamour and carries the themes of travel, romance and adventure. Leading designer Philippa Buckley gave an exciting talk on the visible links between fashion design and interior design and how their worlds influence and reflect each other.



Gaultier began the collection by reworking famed, and recently deceased, German designer Hans Hopfer’s iconic Mah Jong sofa, itself created for Roche Bobois in the 1970’s. Gaultier paid tribute to the master by keeping the modular seating shape but updating it by swapping the Technicolor upholstery for one of his trademark looks.  He wanted to, “incorporate my signature tattoo prints and sailor stripes”.          
Gaultier also came up with six other upholstery options for the arrangement, with names like Dollar Bill, Tattoo, and Kiss.

He didn’t stop there though, the collection also includes storage units, screens, seats, and other furnishings. The “Ben Hur” is one of the most unique pieces of the collection. A humorous reference to the chariot race in the famous film, the wheeled chair has a curving laminated aluminium structure cradling a velvet upholstered seat that comes in red, green, blue and yellow.



The "Suitcases" are a limited edition collection of a fully functional leather-upholstered and saddle-stitched chest of drawers and storage unit perfect for the orient express.



The distinctive vision of the famed French designer along with Roche Bobois expertise has resulted in a poetic and sophisticated collection, a fusion of sensual materials, subtle colours and iconic pieces and patterns.
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