IT’S RAINING MEN: It was a person’s world in Paris on Monday evening, because the Société des Amis du Musée d’Orsay held its annual fundraising gala round an exhibition of Gustave Caillebotte’s work titled “Portray Males.”
The Impressionist artist depicted masculine figures starting from staff to members of his household and internal circle, and the focus of those work got here as a revelation to many company.
“There’s a virile power that I had by no means actually observed in Caillebotte,” mused Mathilde Favier, public relations director at Dior Couture.
She singled out the rower who’s the topic of “The Boating Occasion,” a masterpiece that joined the museum’s everlasting assortment final 12 months because of a 43-million-euro donation from luxurious conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, mother or father firm of Dior.
“There’s one thing very sensual right here tonight. So, for as soon as, lengthy reside males!” Favier mentioned jokingly.
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Stéphane Rolland thought Caillebotte’s self-portrait, which opens the show, set the tone for the remainder of the exhibition.
“His work are like a window. They really feel so trendy, and the sunshine and framing is absolutely uncommon for the artists of that point. It’s fascinating,” he mentioned. “There’s nothing posed. They’re slices of life that he’s managed to seize in portray, which is exceedingly troublesome.”
The couturier was gearing up for the Nov. 13 launch of Claude Lellouch’s movie “Finalement,” which incorporates scenes filmed throughout Rolland’s fall 2023 high fashion present on the Paris Opera, and teased a charity challenge with First Girl Brigitte Macron.
Becoming a member of them had been artwork world heavy hitters, trade titans and politicians, together with former president François Hollande.
The style contingent included Christian Louboutin, carrying his namesake sneakers, who posed alongside Setsuko Klossowska de Rola, wearing her signature kimono.
Perfumer Frédéric Malle, Numéro editor in chief Babeth Djian and L’Oréal board member Jean-Victor Meyers had been additionally readily available, however the occasion’s mistress of ceremonies, Countess Jacqueline de Ribes, was too unwell to attend — although the society doyenne left a duplicate of her ready speech for every visitor to peruse.
Yves Saint Laurent muse Betty Catroux is one thing of a daily on the soirée. “Every part they do right here could be very stunning. This museum is a marvel, anyway,” she mentioned as she took within the opulent decor of the ballroom the place dinner was served.
Whereas a part of the exhibition targeted on menswear, with a show case displaying unique Nineteenth-century clothes, Catroux pronounced “The Ground Scrapers,” with its depiction of shirtless working class males, as her favourite. “That’s nearly everybody’s favourite,” she demurred.
Jean-Victor Meyers and Betty Catroux
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