The snap cardigan!
This signature design, originally created by agnès b. in 1979 at her Paris boutique at 3 rue du Jour, has become a timeless classic. Originally unisex, its immense success has since been adapted for all shapes and sizes. The snap cardigan is now an emblem of agnès b. style, reflecting her type of fashion: a fashion that is for living and alive with the spirit of the times; a wardrobe adapted to each and every personality, which will last for a long time. Asked about the snap cardigan, agnès b. says, “A long time ago, I designed a cardigan for myself. I wanted a sweatshirt that opened down the front, with a lot of press studs so that it looked like something from the Renaissance, a piece of children’s clothing for grown-ups or vice versa.” In 1986, during the Paris Month of Photography, agnès b. invited photographers to create an image using her iconic snap cardigan. Many great photographers, including Martine Franck, Steve Hiett, Dominique Isserman, Jean Baptiste Mondino and Gilles Bensimon, devoted their talents to the game. Each photographer created their own vision of this iconic piece, which over time has become an indispensable part of our wardrobe. The photographs were exhibited at the Galerie du Jour in Paris. Seventy other photographers, including Peter Lindbergh, Bernard Plossu, Brigitte Lacombe, Jean Luc Moulène, Jean Christian Bourcart, Jean Loup Sieff, and Michael O’Brien, were included in the exhibition when their photos were shown as part of the exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in May 1996.
Today, agnès b. has given these photographs a new and more intimate life, enriched by adding new photographs by photographers Christophe Lebourg, Hananyo, Jean Bourgois, Sakiko Nomura, Marion Poussier, Wai Kit Lam… 50 photographs from the exhibition “Des photographes et le cardigan pression” will be exhibited simultaneously at the agnès b. stores in London at 35/36 Floral street, London WC2 and 40/41 Marylebone High street, London W1.
The Snap Cardigan Exhibition 1986/2014
From 1st May until 31st May 2014
agnès b., 35/36 Floral street, London Wc2
agnès b., 40/41 Marylebone High street, London W1
agnès b - Serge Bailhache - Martine Barrat - Gilles Bensimon - Chico Bialas - Nathalie Blandin - Agnès Bonnot - Jean-Christian Bourcart - Nelson Bourgois - Léonard Bourgois-Beaulieu - Manuel Bovet - Sophie Calle - Luc Choquer - Gilles Cohen - Gilles de Chabaneix - Lucas De Chabaneix - Marie-Laure de Decker - Isabelle De Vigan - Pierre-Olivier Deschamps - Dieter Dids Tehsecke - Graige Ehler - Arthur Elgort - Jean Etchevers Bourgois - Bernard Faucon - Yu Fisher - Martine Franck - Gladys - Pierre Gentilhomme
Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano - Diessel Gunten - Michel Haess - Hanayo - Steve Hiett Françoise Huguier - Dominique Issermann - Hermine Karagheuz - William Klein - Sue Kwon - Brigitte Lacombe - Mikaël Lafontan - Wai Kit Lam - Xavier Lambours - Bernd Lammel - Jean Larivière - Douce Le Tellier - Christophe Lebourg - Elisabeth Lennard Erica Lennard - Peter Lindbergh - Duane Michals - Jean-Luc Moulène - Jean-Baptiste Mondino - Dominique Nabokov - Sakiko Nomura - Elisabeth Novick - Michael O’Brien Christina Ottaviano - Michel Philippot - Bernard Plossu - Marion Poussier - Uli Rose Kuno Rudolph - Hannes Schmid - Gilles Serrand - Jean Loup Sieff - Michael Silerveddes Steven Silverstein - Royston Tan - Pierre-Jean Toulet - Shoji Ueda - Alberto Ursini - Max Vadukul - Victor - Frédéric Vidal - John Vink - Dominique Vorillon - Stephan Westler Mâkhi Xenakis - Ute Zschavut
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