Israeli Raphael Navot and Italian Fabrizio Casiraghi are spinning the best of the city’s craft traditions in radical new ways.
at the time of Drouant’s unveiling in early 2020. “I kept some typical elements of this style and I twisted them in a more modern and contemporary shape.”It’s this same respect for tradition sleeky reconfigured for the future that he has brought to the Parisian boutiques of Kenzo, Christophe Lemaire and Cire Trudon, as well as to a grand Haussmannian apartment near Les Invalides, the elaborate Louis Philippe-style mouldings of which are now finished in a pristine eggshell white.
“We started out with a white box, to which we slowly added different influences,” Casiraghi explains. “The idea was to feel like you had a little piece of everywhere. You feel like you’re in Paris but also in New York or in the south of France.Courtesy Desselle Partners The designer, who was born and raised in Provence began his career as a fashion designer in the menswear atelier of Pierre Cardin.Courtesy Pierre Yovanovitch
Today he can boast a client list including Christian Louboutin, The Connaught Hotel in London and billionaire businessman François Pinault, for whom he designed the Paris headquarters of the luxury conglomerate Kering.
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