MARIE LABARELLE

Workshop in Singapore on the 9th April

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Our new collection Paris-Pondicherry, Draupadi, is being presented at Tranoï tradeshow:

Carrousel du Louvre, 75 rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris

2nd - 5th march 2012 from 10 am to 19 pm

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A W 2012: "Paris- Pondicherry, Draupadi"

 

This Autumn/Winter collection was inspired by a legend from the Mahābhārata Epic (Hindu mythology).

* The images below have been created with Armelle Bouret, photographer,  www.armellebouret.com

* Elise Ricadat, dancer, along with Maythinie and Alexandra, have in turn embodied Draupadi.

* Gustavio, hairdresser to the Queens, has attended to the hairstyles.

* English translation by Sika Fakambi.

All models presented here have been registered at the INPI.

 
These clothes have been designed and produced in different fabrics and colours. To discover them, you’re welcome to visit my Showroom-Workshop-Boutique: 34 rue des Petites-Écuries, Paris 10e, Tuesday to Saturday from 1 pm to 7.30 pm

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In the Mahābhārata Epic, the five Pandava brothers, deceived by their enemies, were forced to abandon their beloved queen, Draupadi.

 

 

When the order was given to strip her naked, Draupadi, distraught, began to pray to the gods to protect her.

Dhusana proceeded to disrobe the queen, but the veils of her sari kept extending as he unwrapped layers and layers of it.

And as Dhusana thus endeavoured to strip the queen of her garment, so the fabric would pile up on the floor, glistening, without Draupadi’s body ever being unveiled.

And so it was that the gods, protecting the order of the world,

saved Draupadi from being humiliated.

 

 

In Vedic times, the garment was a sacred thing.

Its intimacy with the human body bestowed upon it both dignity and grandeur.

 

 

Its folds were visited by Vayu, god of the wind.

 

 

In the ancient texts, it is stated that the gods have made the universe in the image of an uninterrupted weaving.

The whole of creation, as well as the becoming of men and the worlds, are thus bound together in this divine weaving.

 

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Dune Coat, fuchsia-coloured mohair (also available in black)

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Vayu Jacket, silvery blue and mauve-coloured weaved wool (also available in silvery black)
worn with the Delta Trousers, plum-coloured cotton satin Jacquard (also available in bronze, and in black)

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Muga Sweater, long-sleeved model, violet-coloured jersey (also available in black)

worn with the Delta Trousers

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Dupatta Vest, soft grey and ecru-coloured cotton (can be worn in 3 different styles)

worn with the Folded Bermuda Shorts, blue-grey cotton (also available in black)

  

  

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Muga Sweater, thick jersey, pumpkin-coloured (also available in black with long sleeves)

worn with the Forgotten Skirt, blue and mauve-coloured Jacquard

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Flower Bud Coat, short model, blue-coloured wool with black chevrons (also available in mauve, and in grey)

worn with the Pythagoras Trousers, silvery brown cotton

                                        

 

 

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Draupadi Blouse, black silk (also available in yellow/bamboo-green cotton)

worn with the Folded Trousers, black cotton Jacquard (also available in blue-grey)

                                                 

 

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Backstage

To learn more about the making of this Paris-Pondicherry collection, Draupadi,

Please clic on the link below:

Récit d'un voyage en Inde.

You will discover here the genesis of a collection, what nourrishes the clothes I design,

and the reasons for my collaborating with the singer Camille.

 

 

 

Photography: Armelle Bouret at Couvent des Récollets
Camille is wearing the Vayu Coat (hand-spinned, hand-weaved silk).
 

http://parispondy.canalblog.com/

Fabrics, sizes and colors

Clothes have a soul: take care of them. 

Marie Labarelle's clothes have been conceived with creativity and attention.

The materials used are as beautiful and interesting as possible since what is pleasant to work on is pleasant to wear.
Our suppliers are dedicated to associating both know-how and innovation. The production of small quantities is put into the care of workshops, carefully chosen and known for the attention and love that they put into their work.

We are convinced that 'making', is the reflection of our thoughts, and therefore much of our personality is brought out into the fabric that we transform.

The garment has its own story and has been passed on from one dedicated professional to another. 
When it is  yours, up to you to make its story more complete...

Fabrics are are wowen in CEE.

Marie Labarelle's clothes are made in Paris, France.

The clothes presented on this website are produced in limited series and are available in a variety of different materials and colors.

A number of exclusive models are available at the Workhop-Boutique but are not presented on this website 
(this generally applies to models that have been reedited as classics or as one-off pieces).

Sizes range from 34-36 (extra small) to 44 (extra large) according to the model; some of them are one-sized. 

Please contact us for more details: 00 33+(0)1 44 83 94 47

Agent and Showroom

Agent France:

Showroom Virginie Blieck, 

15 rue Godillot 93400 SAINT OUEN  

contact@showroom-blieck.com 

Tél:01 40 12 67 23 / Mobile:06 89 56 76 02

http://www.showroom-blieck.com/

S S 2012: "Skieshour"

 

In the wake of my previous collection, “The Flight of the Women with Windy Soles”, I have imagined this new collection, “Skieshour”, as something light, evanescent, stealthy and protean as the passing clouds.

 

Here, a landscape woman shares with us her own chromatic declensions of a summer day. Her name, “La Nuheure” [“Skieshour”], was inspired by a book by French poet Jacques Roubaud, Ciel et terre et ciel et terre et ciel [Sky and land and sky and land and sky]:

 

 

“[…] duration, instead of being measured in minutes, in hours, in days, would be in skieshours; a ‘skieshour’ would be the time that the most ravishing of clouds would take to cross the sky. And this ‘skieshour’ would actually last indefinitely, the clouds ceaselessly slowing down so as never to reach the end of their errand, so as never to slide out of his gaze, to remain bound to him in an aerial bliss, and the shared solitude of contemplation.”

 

Photography by Armelle Bouret: www.armellebouret.com

Illustrations by Chloé Sanson: www.chloesanson.com

Maythinie, Muriel and Angélique, hairstyled by Gustavio, have gracefully endorsed the role of embodying Skieshour.

English translation by Sika Fakambi.

 

All models presented here have been registered at the INPI.

 
These clothes have been designed and produced in different fabrics and colours. To experience your own version of “Skieshour”, you’re welcome to visit my Workshop-Boutique: 34 rue des Petites-Écuries, Paris 10e, Tuesday to Saturday from 1 pm to 7.30 pm

 

 

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Five hours and seventeen minutes after midnight

 

Sensei Butterfly Coat, black linen,

worn with a Mehari Skirt, men’s suit fabric, black with white stripes.

 

 

 

Five hours and forty-six minutes after midnight: first glimmer of light

 

Kamarupa Stole, violet-coloured cotton and metal

(also available in indigo blue or aubergine-coloured cotton and metal)

worn with a Straelitzia Skirt, long model

 

 

 

 

Six hours and twenty-two minutes: dawn

 

Cache Coeur 60 [crossover top], pearl grey viscose with white stripes

(also available in plain black, and in black & white tweed)

 

 

 

Six hours and twenty-three minutes: *Rayleigh’s hour

 

 

 

Blown Skirt, red-coloured cotton and metal, with an ivory-coloured silk lining

(also available in indigo blue, aubergine or violet-coloured cotton and metal)

 

 

Six hours and fifty-eight minutes

 

Six hours and fifty-nine minutes

 

 

 Seven hours and forty-seven minutes: daybreak

Mehari Dress, pearl grey viscose with white stripes

(also available in plain black and in black with white stripes)

 

 

 

Ten hours and eighteen minutes: morning

 

Flower Bud Coat, short model, pearl grey linen

worn with a handknit kid angora stole

 

 

 

 

 

One minute after noon

 

 

Sarong Skirt-Dress, mineral green cotton (also available in black linen)

  

 

Thirteen hours and five minutes: zenith

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourteen hours and fifty-two minutes

 

 

 

 

Sarong Skirt-Dress, mineral green cotton (skirt version)

worn with a Stratus Vest, white & grey jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourteen hours and fifty-three minutes

 

 

Stratus Vest, white & grey jersey 

 

 

 

 

Seventeen hours and twenty-seven minutes: end of the afternoon

 

Kamarupa Stole, indigo blue cotton and metal

(also available in violet or aubergine-coloured cotton and metal)

worn with Delta Trousers, pearl grey viscose with white stripes

and a Blown Top, opal grey silk crêpe

 

 

 

 

Eighteen hours and twenty-eight minutes: almost evening

 

 

 

 

 

Eighteen hours and thirty minutes: evening

 

 

 

Delta Trousers, pearl grey viscose with white stripes

(also available in bronze-coloured cotton, and khaki cotton with ochre stripes)

 

 

 

 

Nineteen hours and forty-seven minutes: twilight

 

 

 

 

Lava Jacket, mineral green cotton, with an ivory-coloured silk lining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty hours and seven minutes: sunset

 

Butterfly Stole, violet-coloured cotton and metal

(also available in aubergine coloured cotton and metal, in indigo-coloured silk, and in opal-coloured silk)

worn with a Chimaera Skirt, orange and khaki-coloured cotton and metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty hours and eight minutes: *Rayleigh’s hour bis

 

 

Twenty hours and fifty-two minutes: dusk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty-one hours and thirty-eight minutes: last glimmers of light

 

Flower Bud Coat, long model, clay pink cotton and metal

worn with a Litham Dress

 

 

Twenty-two hours and two minutes: total nightfall

 

 

Litham Dress, taupe-coloured embossed fabric

 

 

 

  

 

 

Twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes

 

Nimbus Dress, aubergine-coloured cotton and metal, with an indigo-coloured silk lining

 

 

 

 

 

 One hour after midnight: pitch dark

 

Sari Blouse, aubergine-coloured cotton and metal

(also available in violet-coloured cotton and metal)

 

Mehari Skirt, black with white stripes

 

 

 

Five hours and twelve minutes: this is tomorrow

 

Straelitzia Skirt, long model

worn with a Blown Top, opal grey silk crêpe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 “He dreamt that he was boating down a river, the river of time; and at the same time it was the sky.”

 

Jacques Roubaud, Sky and land and sky and land and sky

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La nuheure ao par marielabarelle

 "Skieshour"'s video is made in collaboration with Delphine Graticola and Elizabeth Fouché.

 

 

 

 

Marie Labarelle Timeline

 

 

Artistic collaborations and exhibitions:

List of retailers

France:

Showroom Dijon, 28000 Dijon

Tadzio, 67000 Strasbourg

Nebka, 13006 Marseille

Abyss, 34000 Montpellier

Pompons, 05200 Baratier

Kladagba, 24310 Brantôme

Des souris et des fringues, 38800 Clermont l’Hérault

Chapitre 2, 83980 Le Lavandou

Osmose, Valenciennes

 

Belgium:

Moi d’abord, 7500 Tournai

Modesalon, 9000 Gent

 

The Netherlands:

Armana, 6211 Maastricht

 

Switzerland:

On Stage, Carouge, Genève

 

Greece:

De toute facon, 10672 Athènes

 

Taïwan:

Art2Wear, Taipeï City

 

Kuweit:

Echo, Salmiya, Al Safat 13048