There are scores of designers that take inspiration from music, but Gilles Mendel, mastermind couturier of J. Mendel, is particularly close to the subject at hand: Mendel himself is a musician and even dreamed of making a career out of it before becoming a designer. (Little known fact: He covered “Horse With No Name” at his first concert with his college band Silver Hill.)
So we couldn’t help but ask Gilles for a playlist of the tunes he’s listening to now. ”I tend to keep things classic, with a romantic edge,” he told us. (The same could be said of his gowns, no?) “This playlist is a mix of what I’ve been listening to for a long time. They’re the songs that bring my spirits up.”
We invite you to rock with us:
Main image courtesy of Bernhard Benke
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