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Collections: Musée du Costume, Paris; Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
About the Author
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is an emblematic artist known for his polymorphic work.
Delpais, Delbourg, Le Chic et la Mode, Paris, 1982.
Who is Jean-Charles de Castelbajac?
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, also known as JC/DC, born 28 November 1949 in Casablanca, Morocco, is a fashion designer.
Whether it's robes for the Pope, costumes for the Woody Allen film Annie Hall, or clothes for TV series such as Charlie's Angels and Sex and the City--for decades, de Castelbajac has been a style and fashion pioneer. Castelbajac began his obsession by cutting his first garment out of a blanket from boarding school. He calls his approach a "contemporary archeology".
Castelbajac has always pursued his goal: building a new aesthetic based on collaborations.
Who's Who in Fashion, Karl Strute and Theodor Doelken, ed.,Zurich, 1982.
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J.C. de Castelbajac, 1993.
Outside the world of products, Castelbajac has dipped into broadcast design, creating vignettes for the cable television network Muzzik.
McDowell, Colin, McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion, London, 1984. At this time in the mid-to late 1990s, however, minimalist fashions were in vogue, and Castelbajac's eccentric, fun-loving designs did not find as much acceptance.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is himself a major player in this sprawling system of collaborations, after having been one of the initiators by bridging the gap between Art and Fashion for many years.
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia
French designer
Born: Of French parents in Casablanca, Morocco, 28 November 1949.
In 1994 when Castelbajac began designing the collections of André Courréges, the futuristic designer of 1960s, Castelbajac managed to successfully to rejuvenate the original spirit of Courréges clothes. As the Marquis de Castelbajac, he is a French nobleman.
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If color produces optimism, then Jean-Charles de Castelbajac is the most optimistic designer in existence.
—AndreaArsenault;
updated by KarenRaugust
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Castelbajac (Hardcover)
By Jean-Charles De Castelbajac
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Whether it's Beyonc 's wild blue jacket, Rihanna in a Donald Duck dress, or outfit queen Lady Gaga in a jacket with sewn-on Kermit the Frog puppets, they have all worn his creations and made them famous.
The inscription of Cervantes in Castelbajac's 1993 self-titled book reads: "Always hold the hand of the child you once were." His clothing and his art are identifiable by his manner of being true to himself; by being profoundly human and knowing something is not simply style.