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Sophie Theallet is a French born fashion designer living in the USA. Born in the South of France, she fell in love with fashion when she discovered Vivienne Westwood and the punk fashion scene in London in her early tens. At 18 she attended Le Studio Bercot in Paris, from which she graduated one year earlier after winning the National Young Designer Award. She was then commissioned to designed a collection for the prestigious department store le Printemps in Paris. She worked with Jean-Paul Gaultier where she learned and discovered the basis of creating coherent collections and the audacity of Fashion ideas and statements. A few years later, she moved on to Azzedine Alaia where she would come to truly mature has a designer. During her 10 years as Alaia right hand women, She was fully immerse in the world of couture. She worked on the main collections, accessories, knitwear. Learning directly from the couturier. In the Spring of 2006 she launched her Sophie Theallet label in NY, which was immediately recognized by the Fashion insiders. Sold in the best specialty stores in the USA and Europe. Barney's, Maxfield, Susan of Burlingame, Colette(Paris), Browns(London).
Theallet's signature is bohemian luxe seen through the eyes of a sophisticated couturier. She cited the designer she admires:Madeleine Vionnet, Jeanne Lanvin, Coco Chanel, Charles James (designer).
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