Quentin Veron with models wearing his creations
Quentin Veron with models wearing his creations

PARIS, Mar 21, 2009 / FW/ — A product of his generation, 20-year-old Quentin Veron, with his vivid imagination mixed Dr. Seuss, Tim Burton and heroines of dark Victorian novels into his debut collection and thus rendering a light and youthful silhouettes with a pinch of darkness to make it more than just interesting.

From the tales of his childhood to pop culture, Quentin Veron brought to life on the runway a darkly funny spin of Beetlejuice, the lovely but evil Cruella de Vil, the sweet innocence of Snow White and Alice in Wonderland.

A dichotomy of darkness and art, Veron played with depth, volume and layers with his favorite material – fur. Utilizing finraccoon, astrakan, beaver, fox and mink, he created boleros and gilets that sweep subtle shoulders. Capes drape gracefully; while coats elegantly cover what lies beneath.

A hat, a pair of gloves, collars and even chaps err on the side of mystery. The collection is cut by a simple black silhouette amplified with intensity; a bittersweet combination of genius design and effervescent imagination.

“I create my own dark and poetic tale with my designs,” Veron says. “It’s a story were the villains of one tale become the stars of another — a fantasy where the evil and cruel are actually angelic and lovely.”

He works strictly with fur and this was his debut, his first, full collection for men and women.

[MARI DAVIS]
Photos by Marcel Rochas, courtesy of Quentin Veron

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