Elie Top is known for his dandyish appearance, assured taste and constantly overflowing creativity. After having been Yves Saint Laurent's assistant, and for years designed Lanvin's famously fantastical jewellery line, Top launched his brilliant eponymous collection in 2015. His inventiveness is immediately recognisable in his audaciously structured and graphic pieces, which reveal the fascinating universe in which their designer exists. His "Celestial Machinations" collection combines the baroque and geometric, graphics and complexity, cosmogony and dreams. An expert in the cross-referencing of genres, Elie Top has sublimated jewellery whilst affirming his utter individuality.
What's the last thing you saw that inspired you?
The portrait of Agnes Sorel the mistress of the king Charles VII, by Jean Fouquet . she's the key of my next collection : Cosmogonie Secrete
What's your earliest fashion memory ?
Ines de la fressange in the Chanel Ads, Christian Lacroix haute-couture shows , late 80's ..
How did you find your vocation ?
I decided I wanted to work in fashion when I was 11, as I were sketching all the time .. I switched from architecture to fashion !Then I met Alber Elbaz ,and went back to architecture when he asked me to work on jewels ..that's how I really started , because of him !
Explain your job in one or two sentences.
Designing jewelry for today's women.
Your collection in three words :
Casual, futuristic, medieval : through the ages
Which woman inspires you the most ?
A free spirit, independent, unconventional , idiosyncratic woman
What's your favourite thing in your job ?
Sketching, and seeing those sketchs becoming real, tridimensional
The film that mosts speaks to your aesthetic is ________
It could be Metropolis
Your favourite fictional character is _____ because ______
Anne-Marie Stretter from Duras novels because she's mystery, seduction.
Which stone do you prefer ?
Emerald : full of legends, fascinating color, in the garden of good and evil...
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