Louis-Marie de Castelbajac

Louis-Marie de Castelbajac
Nationality French
Occupation Artist, designer, actor

Louis-Marie de Castelbajac is a French designer and entrepreneur.

Career

De Castelbajac has two fashion lines, and is also an actor and artist who has an Armagnac.[1]

Fashion

De Castelbajac worked for several years in the menswear unit of his father's fashion label, and served as creative director of his Castelbajac Lignée collection.[2][3] In 2007, he launched a line of fitted cotton t-shirts called Panda Kunst. The shirts tend to have politically based slogans.[4][5]

Later, he created another fashion label called Le Void, which refers to The Book of Five Rings by samurai Miyamoto Musashi.[2] The label consists of knit wear and t-shirts with plays on words written on them.[6]

He also collaborates with Tyler Alexandra Ellis to produce a bag line for her label, Tyler Alexandra. The line includes a bag with a beret top produced in France's oldest beret factory.[7][8]

De Castelbajac has also created t-shirts for OVS as part of an AIDS awareness campaign.[9][10]

Acting

De Castelbajac has appeared in plays, movies, and art films.[5] He lived in Los Angeles, California from age 19 to 25.[11] While he was there, he attended university and acted in two television pilots of Him and Us, directed by Charles Shyer.[12][13] He was in a Nespresso commercial with George Clooney, and was in a 2005 remake of Caligula.[4][5][14] He has appeared in art films by Marianne Maric and Mike Kelley.[15][16] In 2014, he acted in a film called The Permission, filming in Afghanistan and Scotland, and appeared in adidas commercials for the re-release of their Stan Smith style.[6][17]

Armagnac

Armagnac is an emblematic product of de Castelbajac's region of France. He created his Armagnac 700 in 2013, after researching and working with an oenologist for several years.[2][18] He designed the bottle wrapped in a felt ring made by the last beret producer in that region of France.[2] He produced a special collection for Colette, and the drink is also sold at Le Bon Marché, Harry's New York Bar, Hôtel Meurice, and Chateau Marmont Hotel.[19]

Art

De Castelbajac has shown artwork in two solo exhibits. The first was an exhibit in Paris, France called The Anatomy of 1, a collection of drawings, collages, photos, and installations inspired by media violence.[4][13] His second exhibition was called The Blood, the Bow & Arrows of Desire.[20]

In 2010, he helped create a Bûche de Noel for Pierre Hermé.[21]

Family and Personal life

Louis-Marie de Castelbajac is the son of fashion designer, Jean Charles de Castelbajac and Catherine de Castelbajac.[4][5] His grandfather is Bill Chambers.[4]

He is a Count from an aristocratic family from the Bigorre and Gers regions of France.[2][4][5] He shares the Château de Loubersan with his father in a hamlet in the region.[1] He grew up in Paris and the United Kingdom, and was educated in the United Kingdom and United States.[5][14] The de Castelbajac family dates back over 1000 years in the region.[22]

He dated Dita Von Teese from 2009 to 2012.[23][24]

References

  1. 1 2 Petkanas, Christopher. "Farm Fraiche." The New York Times. May 18, 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ancouturier, Marie. "First names first." Air France Magazine. March 2014
  3. ↑ Szmydke Paulina. "Front Row at Jean-Charles de Castelbajac" Women's Wear Daily. Mar. 5, 2013
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lalanne, Olivier. "Louis-Marie de Castelbajac." Vogue Hommes International Paris. Fall/Winter 2009
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sells, Emma. "Designers to Know: Louis-Marie de Castelbajac." Elle UK. Oct. 11, 2011
  6. 1 2 Piegay, Baptiste. "Louis-Marie." L'Officiel Hommes. pg. 154
  7. ↑ Straw, Armando. "Bazaar interview: Louis-Marie de Castelbajac." Harper's Bazaar Brazil.
  8. ↑ Szmyde, Paulina. "Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, Tyler Alexandra Ellis launch bag line." WWD. Sept. 30, 2013
  9. ↑ "Make love with!" Marie Claire Italy. Nov. 26, 2012
  10. ↑ Sini, Barbara. "Make Love With." Vogue Italy. Nov. 7, 2012
  11. ↑ "Pin-up boy: Louis-Marie de Castelbajac." Elle France. Feb. 7, 2010
  12. ↑ "Him and Us" Credits
  13. 1 2 "Louis-Marie de Castelbajac: The Transmutable Nature of Expression and Commerce." Flaunt Magazine.
  14. 1 2 "Attention: Louis-Marie de Castelbajac." Dansk Magazine. Spring/Summer 2010
  15. ↑ "Punk"
  16. ↑ "Watson and the Shark." IMDb
  17. ↑ "Adidas Signs the Return of the Stan Smith." The Menlook Tribune. Jan. 17, 2014
  18. ↑ "Vivre Paris." 2013
  19. ↑ Szmydke, Paulina. "Front Row at Maxime Simoens." WWD. Sept. 30, 2013
  20. ↑ "Louis-Marie de Castelbajac is Exposed." Flavor Magazine. July 28, 2011
  21. ↑ Repta, Ron. "Bûche de Noel: Pierre Hermé Paris." luxcrux.com. Dec. 25, 2010
  22. ↑ "Dita Von Teese gets dolled up for a casual shopping trip with her boyfriend" The Daily Mail. Dec. 20, 2010
  23. ↑ "Dita Von Teese and Louis Marie de Castelbajac, love lasts 3 years." Journal des Femmes
  24. ↑ Odell, Amy. "Dita Von Teese Is Dating Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s Hot Son." NY Mag. Apr. 29, 2009


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