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VICTOR CLAVELLY - Going the Hybrid Way

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“I wanted to dabble at developing a modular and switchable wardrobe based on a doll's body. The idea was to create procedural silhouettes that were easy to alter and would open up a new production logic for a company of my size.” So says Victor Clavelly, a graduate of the Ecole Duperré, who founded his brand in 2021. Celebrating a style that combines sculpture and innovation, he is expanding his formal research, exploring all the secrets of a world between trompe l'oeil and futuristic transformations. He invites buyers and the press to pay him at SPHERE PFW® Showroom, an initiative supported by DEFI, L’Oréal Paris and Accor, at the Palais de Tokyo, until March 10th.

How would you describe the colour palette ?

A bright but altered palette, like materials that oxidise and reveal themselves.

 

Which materials did you particularly enjoy working with?

I made 3D-printed chainmail feathers, they came out transparent and frost-like. This semi-transparent skirt-accessory can easily be layered over very different clothes and colours. This play on transparency can also be seen in prints: very colourful, but with a slightly morbid dimension, like bodies trapped in ice.

 

Who is your ideal fictional character?

A character who takes a back seat, someone enigmatic, adaptable, imperfect and mysterious; someone who is not the hero but is intriguing and endearing. 

 

Which movie or book still fascinates you?

Blade Runner.

 

A childhood memory that shaped your career path?

The song Sacred Grove from the game Zelda Twilight Princess.

 

A neighbourhood or place in Paris that you particularly love?

Les Guilland in Bagnolet.

 

How would you define yourself today? Your aesthetic?

I explore body deformation and the hybridisation of forms to create silhouettes from an alternative reality. It's an experimental craft driven by a speculative fantasy narrative.

 

Your mantra or lucky charm?

To preserve my work enjoyment and to not lose myself in this industry.

 

Your vision for 2026 and your plans?

Launch the brand, keep working with my team, and find time for personal projects and hobbies.

 

The destination that suits you?

Very difficult question... somewhere cosy where I would have the time and space to keep doing fun things that are meaningful to me.

 

This interview has been lightly edited.