Olivier Theyskens - Designer

[La bordélique]

Photographs by Xavier Cariou and Damien Beneteau, formerly known as Les Cyclopes

Visionaire for Olivier Theyskens, 1999

Catalogue Olivier Theyskens, 1998

cariou-beneteau.com

A very young Olivier!

 

[sethii]

Neiman Marcus "The Book" - The Next 100 Years
"Bird of Paradise" (With Oliver Theyskens)
Photographer: Mary Rozzi
Model: Masha Tyelna (she appears in all his Nina Ricci shows)

[scans by faith_akiyama]

 

[LetThemEatCake]

i love his face. thanks for the Neiman's Book ad.

 

[modeldom]

young Olivier is a jailbait...

 

[Jamess]

Those own-name collections are amazing.
I spent an afternoon on Firstview.com looking at his old shows, as soon as Ive uploaded some pictures Ill put them here.

Ive been searching for months for a copy of the magazine he guest edited, I think from 2003/2004. It was called N° Magazine (became 'A magazine'), and each issue was a different letter (he did 'D'). Does anyone have any leads where I might be able to find a copy? even a used one? I emailed the people who make A magazine and they directed my to someone else, but I never got a reply, I think because my emails were in English

 

[gius]

hi jamess
you might find some help if you go to the Magazines forum
there are these threads...
In Search of Magazines
In Search of Magazine Covers & Edits...
Members Exchange Magazines

 

[PonyShow]

loooooove his pieces. he's very creepy.

 

[Jamess]

Thanks Gius!

Here are a few images of SS 1999 I got from Firstview.com for those interested in the work from his own label:

 

[Jamess]

again from firstview.com

Its impressive how much there was in the collections really, theres lots of more wearable looks that i havnt posted.

 

[Spike413]

I love the few pieces with hook & eye closures....they're a bit of an obsession of mine lately.

The yellow ballgown is especially gorgeous.

 

[La bordélique]

Thanks for posting Jamess... I'm still in love with those collections.

 

[Jamess]

I think that first white shirt is perfect!
I love the wearable 'daywear' looks from the early collections, I think theyre sometimes more sophisticated than the huge dresses actually.
I remember one dress though, from ss2000 (see below), that looks exactly like it could be a modern dress for Nina Ricci. Its grey/silver with the slashes around the body.

Heres a few more looks (firstview again) from ss2000. If your interested PM me and Ill send you the full collections- I dont want to fill the thread up

 

[JuiceMajor]

nostalgic...always nice to see past collection

 

[Jamess]

is there a rule on posting youtube videos??

Ill just post the URL..

Here is Myelene Farmer's video for Je Te Rends Ton Amour
She wears entirely Olivier Theyskens' (you will recognise the clothes from the catalogue images posted on this thread)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUAbga48YMQ

 

[a.t.]

I reuploaded his SS02 collection...
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=WxRw2eAc2Zo

 

[IloveDiorHomme]

Oh I did not know that Mylene was wearing Theyskens . This video is soooo old.
For people who want to know more, she's one of the most amzaing french artist

 

[Jamess]

thankyou so much!
I hadnt seen that before
do you have any other videos from his own collections?
I love that one.

I uploaded all the photos I have of early Theyskens onto a photobucket album for La Bordelique, if anyone wants the URL let me know. There ss1999, aw1999, ss2000 and also some backstage shots of Rochas with the clothes up close. I think any later shows are available on style.com etc.

 

[kokobombon]

From Vogue (US) November 2008. "Innocence Abroad" W/Reese Witherspoon
Ph: Mario Testino.

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scanned by sister-d @ bwgreyscale.com

 

[Naïade]

He's so beautiful! Like a vision! Thanks for posting those kokobombon

 

[from: sophia]

So I was looking at a Ninna Ricci collection and I showed my mom because I am always annoying her with my non stop fashion obsession and she thought he was one of the models it was so funny. I love his early work it is so dark and gothy (in the best possible way) and he is a cutie. As a side not how do properly pronounce his name?