Léa Peckre

BORN IN PARIS IN 1984, LEA PECKRE HAS GROWN UP IN AN ARTISTIC ENVIRONMENT AND MORE SPECIFICALLY IN A FAMILY WHERE THE CINEMA AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY HAD BOTH A MAJOR ROLE. LEA WAS IMMERSED IN A WORLD WHERE THE LOVE FOR IMAGES PREDOMINATES. SHE HAS THEN DEVELOPED A SENSIBILITY FOR LIGHT, ESTHETISM AND SYMBOLISM.
SOON ATTRACTED BY ARTISTIC STUDIES, LEA DISCOVERS AND DEVELOPS AN INTEREST IN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF CERAMIC AND TEXTILE. HER ART ACADEMIC STUDIES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED BY A SPECIALIZATION IN FASHION DESIGN WHICH HAVE LED HER TO INTEGRATE THE PRESTIGIOUS FASHION DESIGN SCHOOL LA CAMBRE IN BRUSSELS IN 2004. IN 2011, AFTER GRADUATING WITH HIGH DISTINCTION, LEA PECKRE WON THE L’OREAL PROFESSIONAL JURY GRAND PRIZE AT THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL HYÈRES FESTIVAL WITH THE COLLECTION “CEMETERIES ARE FIELDS OF FLOWERS”. DURING HER SCHOLARSHIP, SHE ALSO WON OTHER PRESTIGIOUS PRIZES: LA CAMBRE AWARD (2010), RUE BLANCHE AWARD (2010) AND CITY OF PARIS FASHION AWARD (2008). AFTER STARTING HER CAREER AT FASHION HOUSES SUCH AS JEAN- PAUL GAULTIER, GIVENCHY, ISABEL MARANT, LEA PECKRE HAS DECIDED TO LAUNCH HER OWN BRAND WITH HER FALL-WINTER 2013-2014 COLLECTION UNTITLED “FLOWERS ARE BORN IN SHADOWS“. FOR FALL-WINTER 2014-2015, SHE DRAWS A UNIQUE READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING LINE FOR THE 130TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LINGERIE BRAND MAISON LEJABY. AND FOR SPRING-SUMMER 2015, SHE OPENS PARIS FASHION WEEK, FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR, AT THE HOTEL DE VILLE OF PARIS, WITH HER COLLECTION « PART I ».
THE BRAND IS NOW DISTRIBUTED IN EUROPE (PARIS, LONDON), IN THE UNITED STATES (CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES) AND IN CHINA.
THE WOMAN LÉA PECKRE FLOATS BETWEEN POETRY AND NOSTALGY.
THE CREATOR DRAWS HER INSPIRATION FROM PLACES, FROM SCENES OF LIFE, AND THE SUBJECT OF LIGHT IS OFTEN AT THE HEART OF HER COLLECTIONS. SINCE THE FIRST COLLECTION SHE MADE AT LA CAMBRE, SHE IS INSPIRED BY GOTHIC CHURCHES TO BUILD ARCHITECTURAL VOLUMES. FOLLOWING THAT, ANOTHER SUBJECT EMERGES WHEN SHE DRAWS HER INSPIRATION FROM CEMETERIES. THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION OF HER WORK TAKES SHAPE OVER THE COLLECTIONS AND WILL ONLY BE SUGGESTED TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF HER UNIVERSE.
ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IN LÉA PECKRE CREATIVE PROCESS IS TO APPROPRIATE THE MATERIAL AND DEVELOP HER OWN NEW EFFECTS : FOR HER COLLECTION PRIZED AT THE HYÈRES FESTIVAL, THE TISSUE CREATED WAS AN EMBROIDERY EFFECT OF SEQUINS PRINTED WITH DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREES. BUT IT IS WHEN SHE USES LASER CUT ON THIN FISHNET INTEGRATED TO DEER, THAT LÉA SUBTLY SIGNS A GRAPHIC AND RADICAL STYLE.
THE WOMAN LÉA PECKRE EVOLVES IN A SOPHISTICATE SILHOUETTE WHICH VOLUMES CAN BE LIKENED TO ORGANIC FORMS WHOSE SYMMETRICAL ORNAMENTS AND LACES ARE INTERLOCKED WITH AN ALMOST SURGICAL PRECISION.
THE MATERIALS BORROWED TO THE WORLD OF LINGERIE, OFFER ON THE OTHER HAND AN INTERPLAY OF TRANSPARENCY WHICH DON’T UNVEIL THE BODY BUT LEAVES ROOM TO IMAGINATION.
BY CONTRAST, THE USE OF DAILY MATERIALS LIKE DENIM TESTIFIES OF HER PROJECT TO PRESENT COMFORTABLE AND ELABORATELY DESIGNED PIECES. THE PROPORTIONS THAT SEEM CLASSICAL, ARE OFTEN STRETCHED AND MADE TO CREATE ORIGINAL SUITS. IT IS ALL ABOUT HOLDING THE SILHOUETTE; THE PIECES HUG, HIGHLIGHT, AND SHAPE THE BODY.
FROM THERE, LEA PECKRE ASSOCIATES SCULPTURAL VOLUMES AND SOFT MATERIALS, COMBINES GRAPHICS AND LIGHT EFFECTS, MERGES RIGIDITY AND LIGHTNESS.