VACANCIER IS A BRAND OF HANDCRAFTED KNITS THAT EMPHASIZES TIME. THE TIME WE TAKE, THE TIME WE LOSE, THE TIME WE CHOOSE.
THE WORD VACANCIER EVOKES A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY : THE MOMENT WHEN TIME CEASED TO BE SOLELY PRODUCTIVE AND BECAME A MOMENT OF RESPITE AND REST.
BEING A VACANCIER ISN'T JUST ABOUT BEING A TOURIST OR A TRAVELER. IT'S A STATE OF MINDE. THE ONE WE ADOPT WHEN WE CHANGE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME, FREEING OURSELVES FOR A MOMENT FROM THE CONSTRAINTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
VACANCIER PIECES FIT INTO THIS APPROACH, THEY ARE CLOTHES DESIGNED TO LAST, TO BE WORN AND WORN AGAIN, FOR A LONG TIME AND OFTEN. PIECES THAT WE KEEP, THAT WE REDISCOVER, THAT WE CHERISH, THAT WE PASS ON.
MAKING A GARMENT TAKES TIME, WEARING AND ENJOYING IT TOO. VACANCIER CALLS ON THIS TIME, FAR FROM THE FRANTIC RHYTHM OF TRADITIONAL FASHION.
“I ENVISION EACH PIECE AS A GARMENT THAT IS KEPT, SEASON AFTER SEASON, YEAR AFTER YEAR. A COMBINATION OF CUT, STITCHES AND CAREFULLY CHOSEN MATERIALS, SO THAT EVERY GARMENT LASTS, BOTH IN SHAPE AND IN USE.
THIS HANDCRAFTED WORK IS A DELIBERATE CHOICE: THAT OF A SLOW RHYTHM, WHICH LEAVES ROOM FOR GESTURES.
VACANCIER IS A WAY OF KEEPING TEXTILE SAVOIR-FAIRE ALIVE. GESTURES AND TECHNIQUES PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION, STILL FULL OF MEANING TODAY"
