Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac , born the November 28th 1949 with Casablanca is a dressmaker French and currently lives in Paris.

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November 28th, 1949 Is born with Casablanca, wire of Louis and Jeanne-White of Castelbajac.

1955/66 Boarder in Oratoriens and the brothers of Betharam. Impassioned military history, its heroes: Hannibal Barca, Bertrand of Guesclin, Xaintrailles, Barbazan, Pierre Basile, the Large one Shoed, Jeanne Hatchet.

1967 Meeting the dadaïste Raoul Hausmann in Limoges

Its first photograph acquires Cut a jacket in its cover of boarder First motor bike BMW 500.

1968 First collection for KB and Co founded in Limoges by his/her Jeanne-White mother of Castelbajac.

1969 First procession. Use diverted matters: floorcloths, sponges, oil-cloths, fabrics camouflage…

Recruit Kenzo and Chantal Thomas for KB and Co

Concert of Led Zeppelin to the Olympia/Jimmy Page, double Gibson and Archet.

1970 Crée the costumes for Marc' O the triangle still strikes with the NPT, and Dany with the Alcazar

Meet Jean-François Bizot, Roland Topor

Create for V of V, Pierre d' Alby and the Blue Maison

Create in Italy a line of Jean named " Jésus"

First cover of It

First Harley Davidson Duet Glide 1956 red spangled

1973 Joined the " group; Creators and Industriels" created by Andree Putman and Didier Grumbach

Procession expresses futurism and protection/Ace bandages, nylon of protection and visor of micka

Fact the one of the Women' S Wear Daily: " The Courrèges of the years 1970"

Procession with the Palate Galliera

1974 Ravelled Produce exchange: first coat doudoune, poncho in two places. Skiwears carried out with Robert Malaval

First concept blind 31, place du Marché Saint-Honoré, Paris

Meet in London of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood

Concert of the New York Frauds in Paris the day of its birthday

Beginning of the collection of contemporary art

1976 Creation of Iceberg in Italy, destructurée and pop mesh

Beginning of the photographic countryside contemporaries by Oliviero Toscani

Draw the line Sportmax for max Mara

Concert of the Sex Pistols with the Country cottage of the Lake

1977 Ravelled in Japan and shop in Tokyo Meet Farah Fawcett Major. Creation of the costumes of these Funny ladies, Violet and Francois, Annie Hall and Purdey for the series Bowler hat and leather boots

1979 Meeting the designer Roger Heel/project Air France total concept

Leave the " group; Creators and Industriels" to found its own company

1982 First dress-tables painted by Jean-Charles Blais, Robert Combas and Spitz Picasso, Ben, Annette Messenger, Gerard Garouste, Herve Di Rosa, Miquel Barceló

1983 Dresses " hommages" of Mickey Mouse to Louis XVI

Photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Peter Hujar

Meet Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat

1984 Dresses graffiti

Dress-objects painted. Homage to Andy Warhol

The first oversize clothing, " Gulliver" clothing;

1985 Exposure to the Museum of modern art, Troyes

Collaborate with Snoopy Incorporated

Begin its work on accumulations: gloves, socks, berets…

1986 Collaborates with K-Way

Exposure to the Fashion Institute off Technology, New York

1987 Costumes of Elli Medeiros

Costumes for a prince in New York with Eddy Murphy, and Mrs Doubtfire

1988 Exposure Anti Körper to the MAK, Vienna, Austria

Coat " Teddy Bear"

1989 Second shop in Paris, street of the Small-Fields

License with Line Roset for deslignes of fabrics and furniture

1991 Exposure the world according to its creators to the museum Galliera

Mode in France of William Klein

1992 Exposure to VIA its production of furniture, design and arts of the table

Exposure of the " impermeable épistolaires" with the Museum of the Post office, Paris

Becomes professor at the university of Vienna in Austria

1993 Draws two collections with four hands with André Courrèges

Return to the sources in Gers

1997 Creation of vestments for the pope Jean-Paul II and for 5500 ecclesiastics at the time of XIIe World Days of Youth, Paris

Meet with Patrick Ricard

1999 Opening of the concept blind open to the young creators, street Madam, Paris

Creation of " Assistants store presenting the work of its assistants

President of the Employers' federation of the ready-made clothes

2000 First and single collection haute couture " Bellintelligentzia"

Return to the male mode " Supposed innocent"

Procession " First secours"

2001 Launching of its perfume " Doudou" , prize winner of the price of the design

Beginning of collaboration with Nightingale and the Sporting Cock

Procession " State d'Urgence" at the subway station François Mitterrand

Procession Man " Frankenstein the dandy"

2002 Collection " Physical Graffiti" , ode with Guy Peellaert

Costume for Trade wind and the Chicks one Speed

Costumes of the musical comedy the small Prince

2003 Equips Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City

2004 Installs its studio and its new concept blind produced in collaboration with Christian Ghion, 10 rue Vauvilliers, Paris

Carry out its first short-measuring Hôtel Kittyfornia with Mareva Galanter

Procession " Working class heroes"

Alliance with the group Marchpole

2006 Exposure Popagande, The fashion style off JC of Castelbajac to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Eneco writing, tale of fantasy at Scali

" Kubrickscube" installation with FIAC

Create its page on Myspace, www.myspace.com - rockmantic

Writing Hinano Miss for Mareva Galanter

2007 Ravelled " Elektrocute" Gallierock, retrospective 40 years of creations to the Museum of the Mode of the town of Paris

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External bonds

jc-de-castelbajac.com

rockmantic

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