Gilles Montezin

Gilles Montezin is a French designer who received his primary training at l’Ecole de la Haute Couture in Paris.

After completing his studies, he went to work for the Opera Bastille where he perfected techniques for elaborate period costuming that contributed to his craft. At the same time he worked for both Loris Azzaro and Christian LaCroix Haute Couture and ended up remaining at Maison LaCroix for eight years. While in Paris, Gilles Montezin was able to complete designs for Madonna and actresses Catherine Zeta-Jones and Monica Bellucci.

Gilles reveals,

>“It’s all about fabric, I play and I pin and I figure out what the fabric wants to do.”

He has a developed talent for creating beautiful pieces, with volume and elegance that can benefit every woman.

Gilles Montezin moved to New York in 2004 to start his own collection and import elegant European style to The New World.

The French designer has pieces that have been filmed in productions of All My Children, Guiding Light, and on a recent Barbara Walters special and his clothes have been featured in Social Life, ELLE Sweden, and OK magazines. Clients he has dressed include Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Carmen Dell’Orefice, Mary Tyler Moore, Andrea Mitchell, and Debra Messing.
Exciting attention has come from his contributed designs in the newly released Sex and the City movie, and more will be revealed in the upcoming film Confessions of a Shopaholic.The Gilles Montezin Collection reflects the sensibility of a true couturier and the elegance of modern woman.

He is currently designing a tribute collection to recently passed Yves Saint-Laurent for his upcoming fashion show in Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Art Museum in October 2008.

External links

* [http://www.gillesmontezin.com Official website]