D’SCENE INTERVIEW: THE JITROIS SCENE WITH JEAN CLAUDE JITROIS

Legendary Paris based fashion designer JEAN CLAUDE JITROIS known for his daring leather garments sits down for for an exclusive interview with D’SCENE Magazine‘s Fashion Features Editor KATARINA DJORIC to talk about the start of his career, Joan Collins and the digital era.

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At what point did you realise fashion could be your career?
Given my background as a psychologist, I spent some time working at La Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, where I was working daily with disabled and ill children. To amuse the kids, I used to create costumes for them, maybe as soldiers or as firemen, to lift their spirit. More than this, I noticed how costumes and particularly leather gave the kids a second identity and a freedom of expression, and its that foundation which built Jitrois. Gradually, the process of creating and designing costumes and particularly, the way clothing and fashion are a part of your personality and character. It was at that point that I began to seriously consider a career in this industry. However, I’ve always instinctively known I suppose; my father’s leather aviation jacket that I used to wear secretly it influence of when I wasn’t supposed to inspired my first pieces and still inspires my collections.

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