PARIS — Between well-received collections, ongoing worldwide growth and an upcoming first perfume, Simon Porte Jacquemus has loads of causes to pop the bubbly.
Now his label’s followers could have one too.
Veuve Clicquot has tapped the French designer for a collaboration spanning a limited-edition bottle of its La Grande Dame 2018 classic and a sculptural cooler set.
For the Champagne home’s chief government officer Jean-Marc Gallot, the partnership “felt not solely meant to be, however inevitable,” he instructed WWD completely.
Each manufacturers have robust ladies as muses, respectively Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin, who turned generally known as “The Grande Dame of Champagne” for her function in remodeling the business, and Valérie Jacquemus, the designer’s late mom and his fixed supply of inspiration.
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“He actually embodies our ‘solaire’ ethos, that sunny optimism that drives the spirit of Veuve Clicquot. Simon’s pleasure is contagious, evoking sun-drenched days within the South of France and spreading pleasure to these round him,” the CEO continued. “We additionally share a love of yellow — our home’s iconic hue and Simon’s favourite shade.”
This sunny signature is among the many elements that make the restricted version readily recognizable.
One other is Jacquemus’ signature and handwritten components, showing each on the reward field and on the white linen draped round bottles. The latter is supposed to evoke heirloom textiles “fastidiously washed, sun-dried and began with Marseille cleaning soap,” in addition to an previous Italian methodology for holding bottles by wrapping garments soaked in water round them.
Jacquemus described the design as “the result of straightforward supplies, significant gestures and powerful ladies’s tales, but it’s in the end a celebration of — and for — optimistic and memorable moments.”
Along with the limited-edition bottles priced at 220 euros every, there’s a sculptural “Rafraîchissoir” that contains a Champagne cooler and tray.
The cooler was designed by Jacquemus in collaboration with French grasp metalsmith Camille Gras, who has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant, or Firm of Dwelling Heritage, label for his Camille Orfèvre workshop in Paris’ Marais district.
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The bucket, impressed by Medici vases and that includes Gras’ signatures similar to rounded sq. handles and a fish trompe-l’œil that nods to his Mediterranean roots, takes some 40 hours to make.
Restricted to 50 numbered items manufactured solely on request and in a position to be personalized, the set comes with glassware, magnum bottles of La Grande Dame 2018 and 2012 vintages in addition to a Jeroboam of the 1990 classic, nodding to Jacquemus’ beginning yr.
Homeowners will even obtain an invite to spend an evening at Veuve Clicquot’s Hôtel du Marc in Reims, France.
“Veuve Clicquot has at all times had a deep reference to design, and this collaboration as soon as once more transforms La Grande Dame into greater than only a cuvée — it turns into a way of life assertion and a murals,” Gallot mentioned. “We’re seeing increasingly shoppers drawn to collectible, limited-edition bottles, not only for what’s inside, however for the which means and craftsmanship they characterize.”
For its Grande Dame “cuvée status,” an appellation that designates a Champagne-maker’s high classic, Veuve Clicquot beforehand tapped Stella McCartney final yr, Italian ceramics artist Paola Paronetto in 2023 and previous to that, Yayoi Kusama.
The Grande Dame 2018 restricted version with Jacquemus will make its debut within the U.S. on Sept. 9, earlier than being out there within the U.Okay., Italy and France in September and October.
