Diagne Gaignoux: New Designers 2021 for ODDA 21

The idea of a garment, for #DianeGaignoux, is equivalent to that of a body that could be sculpted as if it were clay; it’s both malleable and static at the same time. With a blurred line between what can be considered performance art, on one hand, and design and fashion, on the other, she uses her multifaceted way of working with materials like felt, clay, and silicone to leave her trace in the form of a second skin. Here, Gaignoux delves into what attracts her to malleable materials, how seeing Christian Lacroix’s drawings for the opera determined her career path, and how every piece of clothing should become a fragment of itself.