Paris-based documentary filmmaker Loïc Prigent enjoys the kind of access to designers most can only dream of – and he's never been in higher demand.
Loïc Prigent at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris in 2019. He made his first big documentary after overhearing a Chanel client say it took 3000 hours to make her dress. Getty Images
The French love an existential crisis. Well, philosophically speaking, best discussed over a glass of Pouilly-Fuissé.
But the crisis playing out in Paris right now, with a fresh surge in new coronavirus infections around the country, is the least desirable of all, arriving on the eve of what should be the high-octane 2021 spring-summer fashion shows, fuelling an industry with a €70 billion ($133 billion) annual turnover.
Fetching latest articles
Original URL: https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/fashion-and-style/the-accidental-historian-of-fashion-s-inflection-point-20200907-p55t48
