Let them eat cake

In the beginning there were scarves. Mile upon mile of silk scarves and silk and cashmere scarves oh the luxury! The fashionable giraffes were in their element! Long necked zoo creatures and some certain folk have all the luck. Like designer Julien David- Paris-born, New York-trained, and Tokyo-based he was there in the beginning with the scarves. And he's here now with more.
His collections are themed along some of his strongest personal interests, including freestyle skateboarding, computer hacking and artificial growth. His concept for fall 2010 was graphically based around pills and the designs range from prints of hundreds of minuscule pills lined up beside each other to create a plaid pattern or just a giant two metre long pill....cool...

Expanding into other garment designs he is currently working on the connection he feels with the energy of big cities, their streetwear and urban mix of cultural arts and music. He wants to communicate the attitude of the street to those who hold a narrow perception of what is acceptable as high-end clothing by using precious materials but common references in his designs and so trying to challenge the current perception of what a luxury product is.
This time he has girls and their bicycles his focal point; BMX bike tracks shape the collection with dirt track imprints and bike graphics, ostrich skin shinpads and helmets constructed from lacquered human hair, and reflections of these hexagonal shapes in the shoulders of the jackets.
The pieces are more posh than they are practical but they're challenging and far from contrived, so a little bit of something for everyone (except the giraffes). Myself I like the 'shapeless' tent-shaped tops - one for the hippopotamus' I dare say.