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GARDOUCH: THE RINGS OF SATURN

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Gardouch is a ready-to-wear label founded in Paris in 2024 by Rémy Guerra. Named after a village in the south of France, the brand explores personal and collective memory through clothing, conceived as "a fragment of archive": "Gardouch is, above all, an act of preservation. Clothing becomes a means of capturing, of materialising a memory, a sensation, a story before it fades away." Each collection unfolds as a chapter, bringing past into present, just before it slips away. The pieces are made in France from deadstock fabrics, with a craft-led, experimental approach that sits at the boundary between garment and narrative object. Journalists and buyers are invited to visit the SPHERE Paris Fashion Week® Showroom at the Palais de Tokyo between 21 and 25 January, an event supported by DEFI, L'Oréal Paris and Accor.

What inspired this collection? 

With "The Rings of Saturn", I wanted to explore the idea that ruins from our past still orbit around us in the present. A way of confronting my grandfather's childhood with my own: I blend deliberate anachronisms with these archival pieces, trying to bring their patina to light. 

 

Shapes, colours, details, craftsmanship? 

I'm trying to bring something more mature, both in form and substance. So the only bright colours are orange and red, with plenty of black, white and neutral tones. I'm also offering embroidered pieces for the first time, and I'm paying particular attention to patterns, starting with stripes. These aren't prints but strips of fabric sewn together. 

 

What changed for you in 2025? 

The real challenge in 2025 was to present a "proper" collection within industry codes, a real commercial wardrobe whilst keeping my identity intact. 

 

Your mentor / the people you admire? 

I greatly admire the work and the person of Martin Margiela, an artist whose work still resonates and fascinates today. The way he blends art and design, the attention he gives to so many details. His research is very inspiring. 

 

Bedside reading? Cult film or series? Music? 

My book of the moment is "No Word from Gurb" by Eduardo Mendoza, "A Ghost Story" by David Lowery for film, and "Long Road Home" by Oneohtrix Point Never for music. 

 

Your ultimate Paris spot? 

My bed... 

 

Your dreams? 

To build a sustainable project, true to its original intention, capable of evolving without becoming diluted. Your goal? To keep telling honest stories through clothing, whilst remaining free in my creative practice.

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