| Designer Profile - ENVERS by Yves Jean Lacasse |
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Montreal 25 March 2008. ENVERS by Yves Jean Lacasse has been reinventing for 14 years now, the world of female and male fashion. His style has a traditional and historical undertone, using asymmetry, layering and craft handy work. Considered one of the established values of international couture, the designer combines modernity and the past in a playfully refined way.The ENVERS woman, like the ENVERS man, isn't afraid to mix contrasts: first it's casual-chic, then deconstructed glamour, thus provoking a wild fusion of styles and fabrics. Fall/ Winter 2009 Envers collection at the 14th edition of the Montreal fashion week His creations, particularly ethnic and historic in nature are intermingled with styles inspired by the noble courts of Africa and Europe. His collections are always influenced by the historic periods that mark a certain point in history; in particular, the 2008 fall/winter collection has folkloric references from the pre-Mexican revolutionary times during the early 20th century. From the baroque times up until the Second Empire, this rich territory will witness rivalries from the European courts, in particular, the Spanish who tried once and again to take possession in the name of the bourgeoisie who was unwelcomed by the people of this land About Yves Jean Lacasse...Yves Jean Lacasses creativity was recognized for the first time in 1999 when he participated in a fashion show in Brussels organized by the Agence Québec Wallonie-Bruxelles pour la Jeunesse (AQWBJ) where he was awarded the Publics Choice Award. During fall 2000, he was nominated for the Griffe dOr and, in July 2001, he was invited to join the delegation of the Québec-Europe 2001 mission in the presence of Prime Minister Bernard Landry. After winning the mention spéciale du prix Jean-Cartierat the Salon des métiers darts of Montreal in December 2001, he was then invited by the Tunisian Tourism Board to present his collection and get acquainted with the fashion industry of that country. January 2004, Yves Jean Lacasse was also a finalist for the prestigious Rising Star Awardin New York. April 2004, ENVERS was invited by the Canadian Consulate of Munich for a fashion show at the Heringsdorf in Germany. He was also invited, by the government of Quebec, to participate in the fashion show of the Salon Premiere of Atlanta-Mart in the United States. In November 2004, Yves Jean Lacasse, invited by France, represented Quebec at the International Biennale of Design of Saint-Etienne. He promotes the Quebec fashion industry in other countries and has been presenting his collections for almost six years in Brussels, where he always gets the attention of the fashion industry and the press. In September 2005, he participated in a fashion show at the Paris Landing in Boston chaired by Philippe Starck. In October 2005, he celebrated the tenth anniversary of the ENVERS label during a benefit with the McCord Museum Foundation which holds the largest collection of Canadian historical costumes. In 2006, he was appointed the designer for the Outgames in Montreal and appointed for the 4th year by Tennis Canada for the Rogers Cupwhere he created exclusive garments for the top women and men tennis players from around the world. After a very successful evening for the spring/summer 2008 fashion show in profit of the humanitarian project Mission Maroc of the CHU Sainte Justine, the organizers along with the doctors dedicated to this mission, presented Yves Jean Lacasse with an honorific prize in order to thank him for his implication in the cause. Les bonnes Oeuvres du Coeur of Casablanca. Professor at the Center for Contemporary Textiles of Montreal, he is often invited to give lectures on the artistic vision and training of young professionals from here and abroad. Promoter of home grown fashion abroad, his collections have been presented in several cities all over the world and show collaboration with all multicultural communities and religions. For more info: |
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