Hubert Barrère at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: The Legacy of Maison Lesage
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Centered on Maison Lesage, the talk illuminates the French embroidery company’s history and activities in fashion, decorative arts, and heritage, as well as the embroidery work featured in the pieces on display.
For nearly a century, Maison Lesage has created extraordinary embroidered designs for Elsa Schiaparelli, Pierre Balmain, Christian Dior, and many other revered designers. In 2002, Chanel acquired the company to ensure that the treasured tradition of French hand embroidery would continue into the 21st century. Barrère discusses Maison Lesage’s heritage as purveyors of the art form, from the earliest days of modern fashion to this year’s runway collections.
This lecture is co-presented by Villa Albertine and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, with the generous support of Maison Lesage, resident of 19M.
About Hubert Barrère
Hubert Barrère is the Artistic Director of Maison Lesage since the death of François Lesage in 2011. He graduated from the School of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (Trade Association of Paris Couture). From 1990 to 1994, he worked with Thierry Mugler, Balmain and the embroidery house Vermont… Artistic Director of the embroidery house Hurel from 1997 to 2011, he collaborated with leading luxury houses, including CHANEL, Valentino and Vuitton.
Passionate about corsets, he launched his first collection in 1995. He was then awarded the Grand Prix de la Mode de la Ville de Paris and collaborated with many luxury houses: Givenchy (Alexander Mc Queen), Dior (John Galliano), Chloé (Stella McCartney), Vuitton (Marc Jacob). In 2008, he won the Talent de l’Audace awarded by the Centre du luxe et de la création (Luxury and Creation Centre). He co-authored the book Le Corset published in 2011.
Hubert Barrère collaborated with the artist Claudine Drai in 2015 to create costumes for a dance performance at the Maeght Foundation and in 2017 for the 57th Venice Biennale. In 2018, Nicolas Le Riche asked him to create the costumes for the ballet “B comme…” In 2019, Artcurial exhibited his works as part of the Fine Craft & Creation Biennial with “Illusion (the Metis and the Artifice)”, a corpus of seven textile sculptures inspired by the Goddess Athena, combining embroidery and corsetry.
Louvre Couture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston