The World of Kuntzel + Deygas | Hypebeast

With so much involvement with music, I’m curious to know what type of music you and Olivier personally enjoy?

Florence: Our favorites include: Chicago House (Darryl Pandy, Frankie Knuckles, Farley Jackmaster Funk) which is not so far from Steve Reich’s repetitive music (music for 18 musician). But more and more now we listen to Roedelius, Moebius from Cluster, Brian Eno, Erik Satie the Italian Piero Umiliani and our friends Etienne Charry and Bertrand Burgalat.

Music and fashion tend to go hand in hand quite a bit. With Paris being such a fashion mecca, what are some of your favorite brands?

Olivier: I like Martin Margiela sneakers, Lanvin, Issey Miyake, and Y’s.
Florence: I like Azzaro, COMME des GARCONS, Golden Goose, Repetto, vintage Leonard, and Balmain.

I enjoy some those as well, haha. With the year coming to a close and so many projects already complete, what can we expect from K + D for the rest of 2009 and heading into 2010?

Florence: Indeed, that is a bit a surprise that we had this many projects that launched in 2009. After a stop in October 2008, the financial crisis accelerated things and made the relationships more fluid with less time wasteful. That’s maybe why we had so many opportunities for creative projects. Our most recent was the Azzaro collection with special “cats” drawings by Florence, embroidered on dresses and an exhibition at Magazine Alive in Tokyo for Vogue Nippon’s 10th anniversary. To conclude the year, in December we’re releasing some exclusive products for Joyce Hong Kong as part of their Christmas festivities.

Still some good stuff to look forward to for 2009. Thanks so much for your time! Are there any last words?

Things are sometimes periodical. Sometimes up, sometimes down. The essential part is to have pleasure while working because it is the only transferable thing (which I was reminded recently of by readings involving William Morris). Thank you very much Luis, that was a very interesting and lively interview!

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