Yes, I went ahead and paid for a subscription. It's a lovely piece and I love learning how that outfit came to be. It was especially designed for Tim and wasn't part of Haider's collection. Amazing.

Here's the translated article:

A blood red jumpsuit and a bare back! At the Venice Film Festival, the outfit of Franco-American actor Timothée Chalamet, created by Haider Ackermann, did not go unnoticed. Sophie Fontanel reveals the underside of their collaboration and explains this choice.

Venice Film Festival. Premiere of Luca Guadagnino's film, "Bones and All", Timothée Chalamet walks the red carpet, wearing a blood red jumpsuit, bare back. Even in our era which wants to be free, no man (or almost) has ever dressed like this on a red carpet . Obviously the images make the buzz, intermingling the rave reviews and those, let's say, more contrasted.

The outfit is by designer Haider Ackermann. A quick check seems to indicate that it does not exist in Haider's collections. Haider, contacted by telephone, confirms to me that it was done on purpose for the actor, on purpose to be worn on a red carpet , and even on purpose to “carry” the subject of the film. Clothing as a spokesperson this column always starts from this postulate, well here is a brilliant illustration.

Haider Ackermann regularly dresses the actor. Contrary to what one might think, the looks of the young man (he's 26!) are not delegated to a personal stylist . He belongs to a generation for whom fashion is not a separate world. He is in clothes like a fish in water.

When he and Haider spoke, they began by discussing the film, which romantically addresses the issue of cannibalism. Haider went red, because of the blood. He also thought that once on the red carpet at La Mostra, if Timothée was in red, then he would blend into that unique color and only his face would be seen.

Alright, he said. Then Haider wondered what other piece of the young actor's skin we could show. Arms ? The arms, yes. Then he continued to think. Arms, isn't that a bit of “déjà-vu”  ? Legs ? Same. It was then that he thought of the back. He offered two versions of this look: option 1 with a covered back, and option 2, bare back. He said: “We will choose at the last moment. »

Fifteen days before La Mostra, there were the fittings. When Timothée saw himself in the backless jumpsuit, he began to pace the room, jubilantly investing in option 1. Haider watched him stroll, with this V-shaped torso whose outfit accentuated the beauty and the Powerful.

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L'Obs (France), March 25, 2020. Creative director: Serge Ricco.