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Saturday Knight in Paris: Simon Porte Jacquemus Named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

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Saturday Knight in Paris: Simon Porte Jacquemus Named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

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Simon Porte Jacquemus, 34, final evening grew to become the youngest designer ever to be named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the best French ministerial award for cultural achievement.

Vogue’s Anna Wintour introduced Jacquemus along with his freshly minted medal at a ceremony held at his new eighth arrondissement, 7,000-square meter firm headquarters. Alongside the designer’s husband, household, mates, and colleagues, friends included Christian Dior’s CEO Delphine Arnault and actress Laetitia Casta.

Delphine Arnault

Picture: Stephane Feugère / Courtesy of Jacquemus

Laetitia Casta

Picture: Stephane Feugère / Courtesy of Jacquemus

In her speech to that viewers Wintour praised Jacquemus’s dynamic entrepreneurialism, recalling how in 2011 he organized a guerrilla “Jacquemus on Strike” trend presentation reverse Christian Dior’s Avenue Montaigne HQ. “Though I do know he would not dare do this now that you simply’re there,” Wintour added to Arnault to a roomful of guffaws.

Anna Wintour pinning his medal. 

Picture: Stephane Feugère / Courtesy of Jacquemus

Paying tribute to his knack for designing virally fascinating equipment, from outsized summer season hats to the minuscule Mini Chiquito bag, Wintour mentioned, “if any of us questioned why he designed such a tiny, tiny accent, we now have our reply: as a way to put his medal in.” She characterised the Jacquemus aesthetic as: “a dream lifetime of cheerful, horny self-portraiture wrapped up in a group of helpful Frenchness.” She added: “He’s very a lot a French, not a Parisian designer. And that distinction I believe is essential.”

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