His inaugural show for Lanvin takes to the runway on Sunday, January 26.
Its really the first time Ive done menswear, he beamed.
Its so important to be challenged all the time.
Peter Copping, at his desk chez Lanvin
And there really cant be much that Copping hasnt done.
From 2020 to last summer, he was at Balenciaga, working with Demna in the couture studio.
Ive worked out that Ive actually lived more of my life in Paris than the UK, he laughed.
“Blue was a fetish color for Lanvin…” says Copping. “It’s become the inspiration for the show space. The past, but as it is now. I thought that’s a nice way of thinking about it.”
Thirty years, last year.
When I came here I wanted to work with the team.
I dont like it so much when a new director comes in, and then everyone loses their job.
“I think I’m known as a ‘feminine’ designer. I like a pencil skirt—long, to just above the ankle, with a heel feels fresh to me,” says Copping.
Theres really a good team who know their craft and the house.
Blue was a fetish color for Lanvin… says Copping.
Its become the inspiration for the show space.
Copping at work.
The past, but as it is now.
I thought thats a nice way of thinking about it.
Lanvin never publicized this preserved Art Deco-era gem even during Alber Elbazs storied tenure.
Her heyday was the 20s and 30s.
She started as a milliner, and her daughter was her muse.
She was also the first to do sportswear and menswear.
And she travelled a lot.
Once to Egypt, with the owners of Hermes, whose store is just over the street from hers!
I dont want to be academic about it.
Peaked visors in the collection will nod at the founders millinery beginnings.
The ethos of Lanvins origin story is just as inspiring to Coppingand relevant for revival in the present.
In general, I love her sense of family.
Or the friends and people you group around you, he says.
Nonetheless, looking at the mother and daughter aspect, kind of gives me cross-generational license.
For the show were looking at women and men of different ages together.
I think Im known as a feminine designer.
I think Im known as a feminine designer.
I like a pencil skirtlong, to just above the ankle, with a heel feels fresh to me.
Because now weve got Timothee Chalamet, all thats completely changed for menswear.
Over in Jeanne Lanvins office, Copping is pulling down books from her library.
She collected books on 19th century French fashion, folk costume, and art from all over the world.
Other shelves are stacked with fabrics brought back from her trips to India and Egypt.
I mean, you see where she got so many of her silhouettes and ideas from, Copping exclaims.
The things that would get her going are completely the same thing for me.
Jeanne Lanvin will only be present in the set Copping and his team have meticulously researched.
Blue was a fetish color for her.
She had her apartment and office designed in 1922 by the great Deco-era interior decorator Armand-Albert Rateau.
Her bedroom is in Musee Arts Decoratif, and they opened it up for us.
Its become the inspiration for the show space.
The past, but as it is now.
I thought thats a nice way of thinking about it.
Peter Coppings Lanvin debut is Sunday, January 26 at 8 pm in Paris.
