09-02-2023
The MICHELIN Guide and Lafont unveil new chef jackets designed by Louis-Marie de Castelbajac
Since 2022, the MICHELIN Guide and Lafont have partnered together to provide chefs honored by the Guide with the famous embroidered professional jackets
Two new exclusive lines of professional clothing, including two jackets, created by designer Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, were presented
The jackets will be presented to the winners at the MICHELIN Guide France 2023 Ceremony in Strasbourg on March 6
This collection was designed exclusively by the French designer Louis-Marie de Castelbajac.
The famous chef's jacket offered by the Guide during our award ceremonies is not just a professional garment, but also a strong symbol of them joining the MICHELIN Guide family. Together with Lafont and designer Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, we wanted to make this moment even more unique by creating exclusive jackets for the chefs showcased by the MICHELIN Guide. Aside from the creativity of these jackets, which resonates with the creativity of restaurant professionals on a daily basis, we have not compromised on the performance of the garment, nor on its durability.We are pleased to celebrate this partnership with this original, harmonious and tailor-made project.
In addition to its technical clothing lines, and tributes to its historical designs, since 2019, Lafont has collaborated with French designer Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, who brings a very original graphic touch. Respecting both heritage and tradition, the fashion designer had no hesitation in adding an impertinent and poetic touch.
Given its love of perfection, beauty in movement, transmission and excellence, in becoming the clothing supplier for the MICHELIN Guide restaurant teams, Lafont is reaffirming the values it has held since it was founded in 1844. Faithful to its bespoke approach since Adolphe Lafont started designing professional clothing in Villefranche-sur-Saône, the brand has never forgotten to develop and innovate when designing stylish and technical clothes for professionals.
Two new jackets: "André" and "Ursa Major"
The first jacket, named "André" as a tribute to André Michelin, co-founder of the Group of the same name, plays mischievously with tire conventions: on a minimalist background, reminiscent of fencing jackets, the chevrons are a nod to tire prints, and the subtle stitching remind one of a certain Bibendum. The André jacket will be given to the chefs of the new One- and Two-Star MICHELIN France 2023 award winners and will be available to professionals on the Lafont e-shop.
The "Ursa Major" capsule has been designed exclusively for the MICHELIN Guide France 2023 Ceremony, which will celebrate French and European gastronomic talent. The unique jacket will be given to chefs from MICHELIN 3-Star restaurants in Europe who are invited to attend the ceremony, and to potential new recipients of the France 2023 Guide's highest distinction. For this event, Louis-Marie de Castelbajac played with the famous Big Dipper constellation, with its natural shape of a saucepan, to combine essential culinary equipment with high gastronomic standards. The embroidery for the "Ursa Major" range is entirely handsewn.
In a way, I wanted to meet the stars through this project, from one stellar constellation to a second, formed from excellence and passion. For me, chefs and stars, representing creativity and immensity, are one. These professionals master a magic around the unknown, crystallized and metaphorized in a dish. I created these two jackets as a tribute to the notion of 'taking time', like the wind, unknown, unpredictable but ultimately familiar and reassuring. Like a flavor that is distant and new but close as a memory experienced in the subconscious. It all celebrates the same thing, life.
The distinctive embroidery in these two collections (the Big Dipper constellation and the stitching in homage to the world of Michelin tires) is sewn with a unique thread that reflects light in the dark.
Finally, to ensure that bold design goes hand in hand with high-quality technical performance, the fine-dining sector was consulted throughout the creation and design process in order to ensure that their basic needs and expectations were met.
Outfits to be presented at the MICHELIN Guide France 2023 Ceremony in Strasbourg
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