Bio

Born and raised in France, Adele was originally an accessories designer. Adele started styling randomly for a friend who asked her to do it. Since that day, Adele has never stopped.
Based between Paris and London, Adele frequently travels the world to find new adventures.

“I love that tomorrow is always different than yesterday. And that what’s for today was already for yesterday. It’s a challenging business that gives you the ability to constantly renew ideas and yourself.

“I like the psychology behind it as well. It stimulates and reflect the desire of the mass, in order to sell fantasy though the eyes of the photographer and its team. It’s a big theater.”

Stories

ADAM LIPPES

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Last June, Adam Lippes did something that few designers get to do: He got control of his label back from a big-time fashion conglomerate.

St. Louis-based Kellwood (whose holdings include Vince and Rebecca Taylor) acquired Adam, the designer’s popular men’s and women’s contemporary line, in 2010. It aimed to enlarge the scale, and started amping up production to match. The movement, Lippes recalls, was “more, more, more.” But now that he’s bought it back, he’s taking Adam the other way: small, elevated, personal. And with the exception of its celebrated t-shirts, it’s entirely womenswear.