House of Gilles has designed costumes for dancers performing in the New York. City Ballet's fall fashion gala next month.
Gilles Mendel quietly returned to New York Fashion Week Thursday morning with a presentation at Lincoln Center’s Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse for the House of Gilles, the label he founded with his daughter Chloé Mendel Corgan.
Their corseted and embellished gowns and vibrant draped dresses were showcased on forms in an all-black dramatic setting that was fragrant from an abundance of flowers. Their Collection 02 is two-folded — couture, which takes three to six months, and made-to-order, which allows for customization, more affordable pricing and a quicker turnaround time of six to 12 weeks.
While Mendel is based in New York, his daughter routinely flies in from her home in Chicago to meet with clients in Manhattan. The design duo work with their clients one-on-one in West 37th Street atelier, offering the full service designing and sketching for them. “We have a great dynamic together. We’re giving the clients the whole experience and it’s been very successful so far,” Mendel said. “I feel like I am starting all over again, which is fun.
Noting how all of the dancers’ costumes have some form of corsetry, he said the idea is that even from far away you can see the ballerinas’ silhouettes flowing. But “sort of like a marionette, there’s something stiff within the movements. It’s really beautiful, because there’s movement and steadiness together,” Mendel said.
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