The Chambre Syndicale, French fashion’s governing body, has elected six
new members to join its ranks: Courrèges, Ellery, Maison Rabih Kayrouz,
Paco Rabanne, Valentin Yudashkin and Yang Li.
Each designer brand was elected full-fledged members of the fashion
governing body by the management board of the Chambre Syndicale du Prêt à
Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode at a meeting held on June 3.
Membership is prestigious and offers the elected designers services
including back office services and guaranteeing the brand’s time slot on
the official show calendar, for an annual fee. Currently, the organisation
has more than 100 members.
One of the most exciting additions is Ellery by Australian designer Kym
Ellery, who graduated from Central Saint Martins and was awarded the
Woolmark Award in 2010. The designer has been on the Paris Fashion Week
schedule for a number of seasons, and for autumn/winter 2016 she debut her
first ever denim and footwear lines.
Another highlight is French heritage brand Courrèges, which made its
return to the catwalk under the direction of Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud
Valiant in September 2015. The LVMH Prize finalists have been placed in
charge of reviving André Courrèges’s space-age label.
Images: Ellery SS16 Campaign