The New Bohemian Couturier: She spent a decade working under Azzedine Alaïa, and now, French fashion designer Sophie Theallet steps out on her own with a delicate, colorful line.
Bryan Levandowski
December 03, 2008
When asked what she thinks about corsets, Brooklyn-based designer Sophie Theallet scoffs, “I need to breathe. Fashion is supposed to be about freedom.” A protégé of two of the industry’s most architectural vanguards, Theallet worked in Paris for both Jean Paul Gaultier (for whom she created a line of clothing for babies), and Azzedine Alaïa (for whom she worked as a head designer for 10 years). “After I moved to New York,” says Theallet of her Stateside sojourn, “I thought it was time to design my own line because I couldn’t find a company that would give me what I was looking for in fashion—my own vision.”
