New Partner - Franck Provost

We are glad to announce that our new Strategic Partner became Franck Provost!

We are very happy and pround to be working on this project together with an entrepreneur who recently was awarded two prizes for the Entrepreneur of the Year as he is setting a tramendous example for every 'entrecreateur'. Thank you for joining us!

We still encourage other entreprises to join us - if you are interested in an idea of our initiative, and you would like to help young creators and designers to become entrepreneurs, please do not hesitate to contact us (ducreateualentrepreneur@gmail.com).

Designer Profile (3) - Dognin

As a child, Luc Dognin spent his time making small boxes, which he would then embellish and fill with hidden treasures. Stories of his great aunt spending her life enclosed in the 13th century family castle left him with a profound impression of his past.


Traces of his heritage took the form of letters, watercolours, lace archives and albums, which layer delicate Japanese paper cuts on newsprint. One photographic family portrait of a woman morphs into another creating a mysterious creature that functions as a Dognin imaginary muse…
‘The source’ is then transformed into the construction of modern day handbags that embellish the landscapes of our daily lives.

Luc Dognin appreciates his rich history but prefers to propel himself into the future by proposing new volumes and techiques that are at the same time luxurious, sensual, elegant and above all practical. There was a period in his life when he channeled his creativity through this fascination for numbers and the making of balance sheets. That same logic has been applied to the construction of a Dognin bag; every piece has its place and its purpose. The whole idea of a hidden structure creating an ideal form is not so far removed from 1937 ‘la grande scandale’. Dognin put the first heavy elastic structured under garment on the market and it was considered a ‘scandale’.

Dogni bads, like Luc’s childhood boxes, draw together and protect all the essentials of one’s daily life. Vital to the design are the secret theft proof pockets, zippers, adjustable leather straps and sophisticated linings. Each season new creations are added to the permanent collection, which now consists of about 100 pieces.

In March 100, Luc Dognin and Rafik Mahiout joined forces and launched the Dognin brand. They both want to bring fireworks back onto the Paris fashion scene through their brand by creating beauty, subtlety, desire and mystery.

To learn more about this interesting designer and his collaboration with Rafik Mahiout, please visit:
http://www.dogninparis.com/

Designer Profile (2) - Patrick MOHR

This time we would like to present you a designer coming originally from Germany – Patrick Mohr, who has went through an interesting transformation from modeling to designing and commercializing his own clothing lines.

He started his fashion career as a model in 2000, working in Paris and Milan, however in 2004 he took up a course of fashion design at Esmod fashion school. In 2007 he completed his course, with his spring / summer 2008 graduate collection which was awarded with the PRIX CREATEUR as best collection. It was next presented in the Apartment Showroom during the Mercedes Benz fashion week in Berlin.

His following collections were featured and nominated to the OFF SCHEDULE Amsterdam denim award in 2007 and 2008. Eventually, his most recent creation, »equilateral triangle of the unit assembly system« for spring / summer 2009, was presented during Paris fashion week in October 2008.

Nowadays his designs are available to buy in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Japan, Australia.. Do you want to know how he managed to do that? Come to our show and you will be able to ask him in person!

To find out more information about this designer and his creations, we invite you to his official website: http://www.patrickmohr.net/index.php?section=home.

Next week: profiles of other 4 interesting designers who will be brought to you by the team of ‘Du créateur à l’entrepreneur’!