Vincent Darré

Darré was born in Paris on 13 January 1959.{{cite web|access-date=28 May 2019 |date=26 August 2009 |language=fr |title=Le prince des styles |url=https://next.liberation.fr/culture/2009/08/26/le-prince-des-styles_577745 |website=Libération.fr}} His parents were intellectuals, his father was a communist sociologist and his mother is described as a "feminist, bohemian". His uncle is Spanish writer and politician Jorge Semprún. He attended the École alsacienne.{{cite web | url=https://purple.fr/magazine/fw-2010-issue-14/vincent-darre/ | title=Vincent Darré - Purple Magazine}} He studied at the fashion design school Studio Berçot in Paris.{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2018 |author=Paquita Paquin |title=Vincent Darré, double hommage à Jean Cocteau |url=http://www.puretrend.com/article/vincent-darre-double-hommage-a-jean-cocteau_a80646/1}}

At the end of the 1970s, Darré met the disc jockey Philippe Krootchey and regularly attended La Main bleue, a nightclub in Montreuil opened by François Baudot and Philippe Starck. There he was part of a "gang" composed among others of Eva Ionesco, Christian Louboutin, Edwige Belmore, Farida and Djemila Khelfa. They became regulars at Le Palace after he begged Fabrice Emaer to let them in when they first tried to attend.{{cite news |last=Brunel |first=Charlotte|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/styles/eva-ionesco-raconte-le-palace_2056856.html|date=12 December 2018|title=Eva Ionesco raconte le Palace |work=L'Express |access-date=29 December 2018}} He was noticed there for his offbeat and somewhat eccentric outfits. In the exclusive and unmissable discotheque of the era, he rubbed shoulders with Olivia Putman, Pierre Le-Tan, and met Paquita Paquin,{{cite book|author1=Musée Galliera |author2=Anna Zazzo |author3=Farid Chenoune|author4=Sylvie Lécallier |author5=Didier Grumbach |author6=Dominique Veillon |contribution=Catherine Join-Diéterle |date=2006 |display-authors=etal |isbn=2-87900-941-3 |language=fr |location=Paris |page=191 |publisher=Paris Musées |title=Showtime: le défilé de mode}} Azzedine Alaïa, and Arielle Dombasle.{{cite news |last=Raya |first=Aurélie|url=https://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Musique/Sacree-Arielle-523052|date=25 July 2013|title=Sacrée Arielle |work=Paris Match |access-date=29 December 2018}}

After graduation, Darré worked for the couture house of Yves Saint Laurent, but found it boring and old fashioned and left after only a few months. He then worked for Claude Montana. After there, he worked a number of jobs in Italy, including at Prada.{{cite web | url=https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/vincent-darre/?srsltid=AfmBOoov5BNnVEI22xHFIkUlsYPnWOV_rqxkpY6tTlPvCzYFuSRHwVxd | title=Vincent Darré's Daring and Fashionable French Interiors | date=4 May 2018 }}

From 1995 to 2001, Darré worked for Karl Lagerfeld at Fendi.{{Cite web|url=https://wwd.com/eye/lifestyle/paris-flea-market-decorator-vincent-darre-1203286399/|title=A Day at the Paris Flea Market With Decorator Vincent Darré|first=Fleur|last=Burlet|date=19 September 2019}} In 2001, he became the head designer of Moschino. In 2004, he became artistic director of Ungaro.{{cite web|author=Sixtine Dubly |date=8 June 2018 |title=Vincent Darré : Du Palace à la rue Royale, le nouveau chic français |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Vivre/Art-de-vivre/Vincent-Darre-Du-Palace-a-la-rue-Royale-le-nouveau-chic-francais-1534553 |website=parismatch.com}} He was fired from the company after two seasons.{{cite news |last=Egan |first=Maura|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/t-magazine/vincent-darre-paris-home.html|date=24 September 2015|title=The Wild World of Vincent Darré |work=The New York Times |access-date=18 October 2024}} According to him, he "took a step back and realized that when I was designing furniture, I was having a blast."{{cite web|author=Marion Vignal |date=3 February 2012 |title=L'univers extravagant de Vincent Darré |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/styles/design/l-univers-extravagant-de-vincent-darre_1077112.html |website=lexpress.fr}}

In June 2008, Darré opened his home gallery, Maison Darré, at 32 Rue du Mont Thabor in Paris. He traveled to India, Venice, and Vietnam to find artisans to craft his "Tim Burton-esque designs". He offered one-off pieces and small editions of certain designs which included rugs, consoles, and lighting fixtures. His offerings were similar to the decor of his "grand" Left Bank apartment which he "decorated with skulls, vintage medical equipment and 3-D anatomy charts" and "groovy midcentury Knoll chairs, Venetian mirrors and quirky, Baroque candelabras."{{cite web | url=https://wwd.com/feature/vincent-darre-gets-personal-with-foray-into-furniture-456336-2070532/ | title=Vincent Darre Gets Personal with Foray into Furniture | date=25 April 2008 }}

In 2008, Darré was hired by André and Olivier Zahm to decorate Le Baron in New York. Then at 21 Place Vendôme, in the salons of Maison Schiaparelli with decoration described as "whimsical",{{cite web|date=October 2012 |first1=Patrick |issn=0030-0403 |last1=Cabasset |others=Christophe Roué |periodical=L'Officiel Paris |title=La nouvelle vie de Schiaparelli}} he recreated the surrealist and offbeat atmosphere of the past in a heterogeneous way, through furniture of his own creation, associated with paintings by Pierre Le-Tan, drawings by Jean Cocteau, old mirrors by Saint Laurent and all sorts of objects.{{cite web|author1=Francine Rivaud |date=14 February 2013 |issn=0751-4417 |periodical=Challenges |title=La maison de couture Schiaparelli : renaissance italienne}} In March 2014, he was announced as part of the gastronomic and cultural project "La Jeune Rue".{{cite web|author1=François-Régis Gaudry |date=25 March 2014 |title="La Jeune Rue" dans le Marais, le projet gastronomique et design qui va changer Paris |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/styles/saveurs/la-jeune-rue-le-projet-gastronomique-et-design-qui-va-changer-paris_1503184.html |website=L'Express}} The following year, he decorated the six suites of the Hôtel Montana by Jean-Yves Le Fur near the Café de Flore, whose bar he had already decorated a few years earlier; he mixed aesthetically varied pieces with his own creations, establishing a different style on each floor.{{cite web|author1=Sylvie Wolff |date= 9–15 September 2015 |periodical=L'Express Styles |title=Chinez avec Darré}}{{cite web|author1=Marion Dupuis |date= 25–26 September 2015 |issn=0246-5205 |periodical=Madame Figaro |title=Le Montana rive gauche pur luxe}} At the end of 2015, he created a surrealist collection of furniture inspired by Salvador Dali.{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2018 |date=12 August 2017 |title=Stupéfiante Chambre de décorateurs ! |url=http://residences-decoration.com/stupefiante-chambre-de-decorateurs/ |website=Residences Decoration Magazine}}

In 2013, Darré became a regular contributor to L'Officiel serving as a curator for several issues per year.{{cite web|access-date=12 December 2013 |author=Elvire von Bardeleben |date=5 June 2013 |publisher=Libération |quote=Vincent Darré, ex-directeur artistique d'Ungaro, aujourd'hui propriétaire de sa propre marque de design, qui rejoint la dream team des people curateurs aux Éditions Jalou (après le graffeur André Saraiva pour l’Officiel hommes et le critique d’art Jérôme Sans pour l’Officiel art). Darré prendra en charge l’Officiel mode pour quatre numéros par an (en octobre, décembre, mars et juin-juillet). |title=La presse mode revue et corrigée |url=http://next.liberation.fr/mode/2013/06/05/la-presse-mode-revue-et-corrigee_908470 |website=next.liberation.fr}} He includes his drawings and invited his friends Bernard Chapuis, Philippe Azoury, and Paquita Paquin to participate in the magazine.

In 2016, Darré auctioned off the contents of his Parisian apartment through the auction house Piasa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/why-vincent-darre-is-selling-the-contents-of-his-totally-surreal-paris-apartment|title=Why Vincent Darré Is Selling the Contents of His Totally Surreal Paris Apartment|first=Hannah |last=Martin |others=Oleg Covian (photographs) |date=22 November 2016|website=Architectural Digest}} He stated that the sale was part of a "desire to re-invent myself."{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/suzy-menkes-piasa-vincent-darre-selling-up-to-reinvent-himself|title=Vincent Darré: Selling Up To Re-Invent Himself|first=Suzy|last=Menkes|date=21 November 2016|website=British Vogue}}

In March 2017, Darré opened a new apartment showroom at 17 Rue Royale in Paris.{{cite web | url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/vincent-darre-throws-housewarming-bash-10852471/ | title=Vincent Darré Throws Housewarming Bash | date=27 March 2017 }}{{cite web|author=Clémence Leboulanger |date=29 December 2017 |title=Découvrez l'appartement fantastique de Vincent Darré |url=http://www.elle.fr/Deco/Reportages/Visites-maisons/Decouvrez-l-appartement-fantastique-de-Vincent-Darre#Salon-a-l-esprit-galerie |website=elle.fr}}

At the end of 2022, Darré staged 200 pieces dating from the 1930s to the 1950s from the collections of the Mobilier National in the Gobelins Manufactory and had personalized sets made for the event.{{cite web|author1=Bertrand Fraysse |date=13 October 2022 |issn=0751-4417 |periodical=Challenges |title=Avant-garde républicaine}}

Darré had a small role in the 2000 film Scénarios sur la drogue, in the episode directed by Guillaume Canet,{{Cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20050808/escenarios-droga/325049.shtml|title=Escenarios de la droga|date=8 August 2005|website=RTVE.es}} in Mon Idole in 2002,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinema-francais.fr/les_films/films_c/films_canet_guillaume/mon_idole.htm|title=Mon Idole |website=www.cinema-francais.fr}} and in Michel Vaillant in 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinema-francais.fr/les_films/films_c/films_couvelaire_louis_pascal/michel_vaillant.htm|title=Michel Vaillant |website=www.cinema-francais.fr}} He was responsible for the costumes in the 2004 TV film Milady by Josée Dayan.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2005/12/30/milady_725932_3238.html|title=Milady|date=30 December 2005|via=Le Monde}}

• {{cite book|author1=Marie-France Boyer |author2=Vincent Darré |date=December 2018 |editor=Rizzoli Flammarion |isbn=978-0-8478-6461-4 |language=fr |location=New York |publisher=Rizzoli |title=Intérieurs surréalistes}}
• The Little Theater of Vincent Darré (2022)

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