"Art is like energy to me," Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the aristocratic French designer told Vogue in 1984, 16 years after he landed in Paris. His first job was working for his mother's company, and right out of the gate he had a hit with a jacket made out of his boarding school blanket. To begin with, De Castelbajac was known for his use of unconventional materials (what we'd call upcycling today) and a focus on functionality, but soon he switched gears and moved into an art-inspired, inner-c...
"Art is like energy to me," Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, the aristocratic French designer told Vogue in 1984, 16 years after he landed in Paris. His first job was working for his mother's company, and right out of the gate he had a hit with a jacket made out of his boarding school blanket. To begin with, De Castelbajac was known for his use of unconventional materials (what we'd call upcycling today) and a focus on functionality, but soon he switched gears and moved into an art-inspired, inner-c...
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