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Jean-Claude Jitrois, born on January 10, 1944, in Narbonne, is a fashion designer, designer, and French publisher. His real name is Jean-Claude Coste. He is the founder of the ready-to-wear fashion house, Jitrois Pariss Jean-Claude Jitrois - La biographie de Jean-Claude Jitrois avec Voici.fr 2

Biography[edit]

Son of Edmond Coste, a graduate of the military school in Salon-de-Provence and an officer in the French Air Force, and Émilienne Girod, he grew up in Aix-en-Provence and then followed his father's military assignments to Algeria, in Oran and then Algiers.

At eighteen, he left for Paris to study psychomotricity at the Salpêtrière Hospital Salpêtrière hospital [1] .

On May 6, 1964, he married Jeanine Forestier with whom he had a daughter : Caroline Michaud [2]

In 1971, he married Édith Wolgensinger with whom he had a son: Jerome [3] .

In 1975, Jean-Claude Jitrois was appointed by Simone Veil, then Minister of Health, at the direction of the Higher Institute of Psychomotor Rehabilitation of Nice[4],[5],[6] He will co-sign a book with Giselle Soubiran, then director of the Higher Institute of Psychomotor Rehabilitation in Paris, in 1975 entitled Psychomotor skills and psychosomatic relaxation written in collaboration with Giselle Soubiran, then Body and Graphics

In 1975, Jean Claude published three other books, The 50 keywords of psychomotricity and Psycho-syntonic relaxation [7] (both in 1976) and finally the “What do I know?» on Psychomotricity in 1977 [5] .

He taught psychomotor skills until 1976, when he opened his first store, rue Tonduti de l'Escarène, in Nice . There he will rub shoulders with the artists [8] and above all meet Stéphanie from Monaco who invites her friends to come to the store to try Jitrois creations. There he meets Niki de Saint Phalle and Ben [1] . Another store was opened a few months later in Juan-les-Pins, then in Antibes and finally in Saint-Tropez.

In 1995, Jean-Claude Jitrois created his first pieces in stretch leather[1] Jean-Claude Jitrois became Jitrois: Stretch leather [9] . This revolutionary material for the time [10] was then developed with the Dupont de Nemours company. In 2009, he managed to make leather ironable and machine washable.

In 1998: the stylist creates “Skin Jean". These are pants whose colors vary depending on the extension given to them by the moving muscles. The same year, he designed the Minoray line where leather strips were sewn onto silk organza . This collection will be photographed by Helmut Newton [8] for the calendar « Jitrois 1998 » .

In 2012, the ready-to-wear union chamber of couturiers and fashion designers elected the Jitrois house as associate members [11] .

Jean-Claude Jitrois was named knight of the Legion of Honor, then promoted to officer in janvier 2012 [12] .

He developed his first perfume, named Jitrois in 1988, designed by the Grasse perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena [13] .

In 2016, Jean-Claude Jitrois took part in the retrospective of Kerry James Marshall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in one of its stores on Madison Avenue in New York [14] .

Jitrois expanded across the United States, opening a store on Madison Avenue in New York. This was followed by Aspen and a “Shop in Shop» in Bal Harbor, Miami.

The Jitrois stores are designed by Christophe Pillet [15] , [16], collaborator of Philippe Starck for more than ten years.

Top models such as Kate Moss [17], Naomi Campbell [17], Stella Tennant , wear his collections.

Celebrities such as Beyoncé [18], Nancy Ajram [19], FKA Twigs [19], wear its products.

Bibliography[edit]

  • What do I know? by Jean-Claude Coste (1972)
  • Psychomotricity and psycho-syntonic relaxation, Giselle Soubiran and Jean-Claude Coste. Doin Editions, collection : Psychomotor education, 1975
  • Psycho-syntonic relaxation, by Jean-Claude Coste. Editions, J. -P. Delarge, 1976
  • Body and graphics : The psychomotor expression of the child in drawing and painting, by Jean-Claude Coste. Men and groups editions, 1975
  • Psychomotor skills, by Jean-Claude Coste. Editions, collection : What do I know? No. 1706), 1977
  • Parfum de Stars by Jean-Claude Jitrois, Filipacchi editions published in 1990.
  • Cuir De Stars by Gilles Lhote and Jean-claude Jitrois, Filipacchi editions published in 1989.
  • On the side of Saint-Tropez by Jean-Claude Jitrois, CEF editions published in 1981.
  • From Thread to Needle by Jean-claude Jitrois

Distinction[edit]

  • Officier de la Légion d'honneur (2012)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c L’Officiel, mai 2015, p. 88 interview de Jean-Claude Jitrois, réalisée par Patrick Cabasset
  2. ^ "Caroline Michaud". 17 September 2019..
  3. ^ Who's Who in France. Éditions Jacques Lafitte. 1992.
  4. ^ Média, Prisma. "Jean-Claude Jitrois - La biographie de Jean-Claude Jitrois avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr. Retrieved 2020-02-18..
  5. ^ a b Marie-Sophie N'Diaye (24 November 2017). "Madame Figaro du 24 novembre 2017". Le Kiosque Figaro Digital: 91. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  6. ^ "Sofia Tchkonia interview jean-Claude jitrois" (vid). YouTube. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2019-07-31..
  7. ^ La Librairie.fr. "Psychomotricité et relaxation psychosomatique". La Librairie.fr..
  8. ^ a b Vogue (2015). "Jitrois". Vogue Paris. Retrieved 2016-10-24..
  9. ^ "Comment porter... le pantalon en cuir?". LExpress.fr. 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2016-10-24..
  10. ^ [dead link]
  11. ^ Le Monde; AFP (16 November 2012). "Paris : quatre nouvelles maisons invitées sur les podiums haute couture". Le Monde. Retrieved 4 January 2024..
  12. ^ AFP (2012). "Légion d'honneur : Sarkozy décore 11 artistes". europe1.fr. Europe 1. Retrieved 19 July 2012..
  13. ^ "Jitrois Jean-Claude Jitrois parfum - un parfum pour femme 1988". fragrantica.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-30..
  14. ^ Grosso, Caroline (October 2016). "Jean-Claude Jitrois Marks Kerry James Marshall Opening with Typically French Savoir Faire". W Magazine. Retrieved 2016-10-28..
  15. ^ "Christophe Pillet habille la boutique cannoise de Jean-Claude Jitrois". Marie Claire Maison. 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  16. ^ Leroy, Jean-Paul (2015). "Jitrois opens first store in Hong Kong". FashionNetwork.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  17. ^ a b "Jitrois | Fall-Winter 2014/2015 Collection". Fashion Diva Design. 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2016-10-24..
  18. ^ "Beyoncé : féline et sexy en robe Jean-Claude Jitrois". Public.fr. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-02..
  19. ^ a b AnOther (2016-03-03). "For the Love of Leather: A Brief History of Jitrois". AnOther. Retrieved 2023-05-02..

External links[edit]

Category:French fashion designers

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