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Who is Gérard Faivre? As told by Gérard Faivre...
“People say that I am always in a hurry, but in fact I
Of course I am no Van Gogh nor Matisse but,
am rather patient! I had to wait more than 15 years to
coming from the North like these two major
practice the profession I had always dreamt of doing:
interior and exterior design.
With resignation and a tinge of sadness, I had to
artists, I understood immediately that my idea
of paradise on earth was to be found between
a palm tree and an olive-tree.
give up my studies of architecture to manage the
family business after the early death of my father.
When we bought our first house, I restructured and
During many long years, I ran ready-to- wear clothing
decorated it according to my taste which leans
factories. Thanks to this experience which I did not
towards contemporary art. It was not even finished
choose, I learned to love beautiful materials and
when some of my friends requested to buy it. We
harmonious proportions. My eye and my hands
refused to sell it until I found another well-located
improved in keenness and know-how.
“bastide” that need to be entirely renovated. From
then on, I was hooked. I finally found a way to make
In my shops, you could find a guiding line that told
my teenage dreams come true. And this is how I
a story just with clothes and accessories that I had
became the creator of this global art of living which
selected with utmost care. I am still telling stories
I continue to create in the properties that I buy and
with my homes in Provence: my first stay in the south
sell. My approach is totally original because I create a
of France was dazzling.
universe which I really love.