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VI: Does something else – art, film or music – have proven to be in your creative process this season?
RM: Gustav Klimt’s work has always moved me; The way he painted women, you can feel intimacy, tenderness. What struck me the most was how much his subjects rarely seemed directly out of the web. Their eyes were often closed or avoided as if they were lost in another world. I have admired Klimt for years, but it is interesting to note that I have never consciously translated its influence into any of my work so far.
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VI: Do you have any of you rituals or mentalities with which you go to a show?
RM: My eyes always catch small mistakes behind the scenes. Maybe a button is badly sewn, or something just needs another ironing cycle. I always wear a small pair of scissors with me – always. To cut the loose wires, especially if a pearl was defeated and left a small tail. Above all, I try to stay calm.
SJ: The main thing for me is the development. Unlike a dress, which is on the shoulders or the size, a hat is a mobile object. It changes. I place everything we created on the head of the model, and I ask him: “Do you feel good?” And generally, they say yes, but I will say: “No, let’s get better.” I’m going to put a hair handle, adjust something. I try to give them the confidence necessary to relax and be who they are.
VI: What is the most fun or unexpected thing you have ever brought to your head?
RM: The most fun things I have worn on my head probably came from my daughter. She put all kinds of things on my head, small inventions that she found. She reads a lot, so sometimes she will create things inspired by the characters or the stories in which she is immersed. It’s really special to see the world through his imagination.
SJ: I went to a party once where the theme was to wear a mask. So I put this mirror mask; It was literally a reflective surface right in front of my face. In addition to being the most uncomfortable thing I have ever carried, it was so completely impractical. No one could speak to me; They mainly talked about their own reflection.
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