YSL "heir", he conquered the world with minimalist aesthetics.

"Less is more."

This is a classic quotation from Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, a design master who specializes in "minimalism".

The popularity of the "minimalism" mentioned by this big boss still depends on the time of "from poverty to simplicity" in the early 2th century ...

During the war, materials were in short supply, and all countries "scrimped and saved" to tide over the difficulties, breaking the unwritten dress code of society. For example, at that time, even the size of lapels and skirts, the number of buttons and pockets were strictly regulated, and every household learned the good work of "preventing insects and moth" and "transforming old clothes". Everyone is rubbed against the ground by life, and the clothes are not exquisite ...

Plus, with more women participating in social work, professional women need comfortable clothes rather than bound clothes. Coco Chanel and other avant-garde designers use straight line clothes to liberate women's waist. Whether professional women or high-class celebrities, under the temptation of "comfort", they are gradually conquered by "minimalist style" and step into the modern ranks.

Until the second feminist movement in the 196s and 198s, designer Yves Saint Laurent improved a light and simple suit for women to use in men's suits, which also contributed to minimalism. Although minimalism only came to its home court in the 199s, clothes that were slightly cold became popular.

When YSL "touched" the world with a minimalist suit, Jean Paul Knott, the hero of our current story, also entered.

Jean Paul Knott, a Belgian minimalist designer who was once considered as the heir of YSL and had been at the helm of Cerruti 1881 and KRIZIA, became fond of Zhao Wei, Zhang Xinyi and Christina after "starting her own business".

Next, let's talk about Mr. Knott and his minimalist design ...

YSL worker

Mr. Knott was born in Belgium in 1966. When the whole world went to Paris for a "pilgrimage", Mr. Knott, who was just an adult, went to the United States across the Atlantic to study fashion design at Fit (Fashion Institute of Technology), a famous clothing school in new york.

In the early 198s, he just graduated and wrote a letter of recommendation to Yves Saint Laurent (of course, it won't be like Versailles literature).

Because of the letter of recommendation, he successfully joined the brand Yves Saint Laurent and became a senior design assistant for 13 years. In those years, YSL or rebellious or elegant clothes were indispensable to his work as a "migrant worker". If it is the most representative work, it must be the "YSL Rive Gauche" ready-to-wear series "Liver" produced by him in 1997 under the leadership of his boss, Loulou de la Falaise.

Looking back on this work experience, Mr. Knott said, "Under the influence of Mr. Yves Saint Laurent, all the clothes I designed are very practical."

As the inheritor of "minimalist style", Mr. Knott returned to Brussels in 1999 and founded his own brand the following year. Not two years after returning to his hometown, he was invited to be the creative director of KRIZIA.

In this way, American pragmatism and French exquisiteness have been integrated into his personal brand.

Usually people mistakenly equate minimalism with normcore frigidity. In fact, minimalism doesn't want to make you a "cold baby" or ask people to be a temperature "insulator".

Minimalism attaches importance to the functionality of clothing, and simplifies the complex, just like JEAN PAUL KNOTT's simple and elegant design style, which combines rigid lines with feminine charm.

"I don't think there is anything sexier than a woman wearing a boyfriend's shirt." In an interview, he once mentioned the sexiness in his eyes.

Mr. Knott and his minimalist art

During the 2 years since the establishment of his personal brand, Mr. Knott has continuously improved his design style.

Unsaturated bright colors are added to the classic black, white and gray tri-colors, which ensure the integrity of the style and perfectly blend the detachment and composure. The simple collision of colors and fabrics creates a subtle fashion world. No unnecessary tailoring ensures the simplicity and beauty, and also ensures the comfort of the clothing to the greatest extent.

"High-quality fabrics combined with minimalist design" has also become his and the brand's business card in the fashion circle:

Only one year after the studio was established, he was invited to hold an exhibition in the Louvre.

In 28, he returned to Paris Fashion Week with ready-to-wear collections, and after a short time, he was also recognized by the blue blood.

Then, it landed in China for the first time in 219, and the ready-to-wear series with the theme of the new wave film "A Man and a Woman" explained the concept of gender-free with a "square" structure, exploring the relationship between love and life.

In order to continue this concept, Mr. Knott also used a square cloth at the press conference. Make a skirt without moving a stitch (this is probably the difference between a designer and a mortal ...

Spring/Summer 22 series "UNE FEMME ET UN HOMME 2." (A Woman and a Man 2.), on the basis of exploring the relationship of "harmony and interdependence in independence", let more minimalism be achieved through "thinking design".

Of course, Mr. Knott "plays" well in minimalist clothes, and he is not bad in other aspects. To be exact, he is a "hidden" artist in the fashion circle.

In 21, she designed costumes for Maurice Béjart Dance Company;

It's not enough to hold an exhibition in the Louvre. In 26, he opened his own concept gallery, devoted to expressing clothes, fashion and art, and designed a room for the Royal Windsor Hotel in Brussels in the same year.

For their "love" for art, people explained it by Jiang Zi:

"Fashion and art can never be separated, because in life, people's contact with the outside world will never stop. In my opinion, fashion is based on people, putting fashion with artistic ideas on yourself and making yourself a disseminator of art. "

Mr. Knott thinks that the clothes he designed can simplify life and enjoy the beauty of life. The architectural neat tailoring and the artist's perspective have quietly influenced every wearer. He regards fashion as the art of walking and makes his design "simple but not boring".

Who is true and minimalist

From simplicity to complexity, it is difficult to simplify from complexity. Especially in the "leap soil" everywhere, the turnover of half an hour broke the double eleven of 372.3 billion, and it is even more difficult to practice "minimalism".

However, people who really love minimalism hold the idea that less is more, less is disorder, and more is restraint and self-discipline. Really having faith and not blindly following is the meaning of "minimalism".

What Mr. Knott wants to create is highly consistent with Fabrique's belief that he refuses to be uniform in aesthetics and is proud of his uniqueness, whether it is a design concept or a woman who pursues quality and specificity.

We believe that a more diversified definition of beauty is self-confidence, brilliance and independence.