The inner circle of Dior Couture’s PR guru …
From one of Paris’ most creative families, Mathilde Favier nurtured a network of girlfriends who happen to be some of the city’s most esteemed figures in fashion, beauty, art, interior design and gastronomy. “My friends come from all sorts of backgrounds, and they all have talent, imagination, taste and refinement,” she says.
JULIE DE LIBRAN
Born in Provence, Julie grew up in California, where she dreamed of Paris as she leafed through her mother’s copies of Vogue Paris. Encouraged by her parents to study fashion, she enrolled in the Istituto Marangoni in Milan. After graduating, she worked with some of the greatest names in fashion: Gianni Versace, Gianfranco Ferre, Miuccia Prada, Marc Jacobs and Sonia Rykiel. She set up her own fashion house in 2019, with a philosophy that perfectly reflects her lifestyle choices – cycling everywhere and eating organic vegetables from her garden in the country. She makes her ready-to-wear designs and jewellery in very small quantities; immune to passing trends, she creates fashion that is timeless.
At her home in the 6th arrondissement – a former warehouse transformed into a country house in the heart of the city, flanked by two green spaces designed by Louis Benech – she organises fashion shows for her collections and keeps open house for her designer friends. Mathilde and Julie met while working at Prada. @juliedelibran
ELISABETTA BECCARI
Elisabetta is married to Pietro Beccari, CEO of Louis Vuitton. Having arrived in Paris 17 years ago, she has raised their three daughters in the city and has collected around her a happy community of Italian women who have become Parisiennes for a variety of reasons. Her living space is designed for entertaining.
BRENDA ALTMAYER
This Spanish Basque interior designer lives with her husband in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. When she redecorated Mathilde’s apartment a few years ago, she made her dream come true by creating a dining room inspired by the one Renzo Mongiardino designed for Lee Radziwill in London in the 1960s.
EMMANUELLE ALT
Emmanuelle’s look and her style made her the perfect ambassador for Vogue Paris, for which she worked for 20 years. Now a highly sought-after stylist and consultant, she is the epitome of Parisian style. Born in Paris, she went to the same school as Mathilde. Emmanuelle and her husband recently moved from the 16th arrondissement and the house where they raised their two children to settle in the heart of the 6th arrondissement, overlooking the Palais du Luxembourg. @emmanuellealt
SACHA FLOCH POLIAKOFF
A passion for painting runs in the blood of Sacha Flock Poliakoff who lives in the same building in Saint-Germain-des-Prés as her mother Marie Victoire, gallerist and granddaughter of Russian artist Serge Poliakoff. Sacha, whose apartment is under the eaves, is an illustrator and painter forging her reputation in the industry. @sachaflochpoliakoff
From Living Beautifully in Paris, by Mathilde Favier and Frédérique Dedet, with photographs by Pascal Chevallier, Flammarion.
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