WHO IS MATTHIEU BLAZY, THE NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF BOTTEGA VENETA?
Last November, the Italian style home Bottega Veneta announced in a press release the departure by mutual agreement of Daniel Lee, who had managed, in just some years, to offer the model a brand new lease of life, extra trendy and minimalist. This departure, which shock all the trend world, was accompanied by a highlight on the discreet however no much less gifted Matthieu Blazy. Behind that massive hazelnut look is the right-hand man of the previous inventive director. Though his identify continues to be unknown to most of the people, his career in trend is however exemplary.
Houses with a world status.
This 37-year-old French-Belgian took his first steps on this world by becoming a member of the distinguished La Cambre faculty in Brussels. From males’s designer for Raf Simons to director of the «Artisanal» line and ladies’s ready-to-wear exhibits for Maison Martin Margiela, by way of Céline and Calvin Klein, Matthieu Blazy has climbed the ladder while discovering his personal type – precise, graphic and pure. Finally, in 2020, he joined the Bottega Veneta inventive staff and was appointed director of ready-to-wear design for the transalpine brand.
Adulated by Kanye West
But the one that really helped him make a reputation for himself within the business was the American rapper Kanye West, who fell in love together with his creations for Maison Martin Margiela and asked him to design his whole wardrobe for the Yeezus Tour. In complete, the artist wore, amongst different things, ten haute couture outfits and about twenty from the ready-to-wear collections designed by Matthieu Blazy. Leo Rongone, the president and CEO of the Italian model, says that he is «enthusiastic» about this appointment, but we should wait another month earlier than Matthieu Blazy’s first collection is introduced.
Mathieu Clement
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