Postcard
STUDIO VISIT WITH FRANCA CHRISTOPHERSEN:
Ida Jacket, vintage striped Chinese cotton, Small
Sweatshirt and pants, Franca's own.
Beate Jacket, vintage striped Chinese cotton, Medium
Rampling Pants, black silk velvet
Beate Jacket, vintage striped Chinese cotton, Small
Bendix Shirt, cotton lawn grey
Lilli Pants, Ashes black French linen
Ali Jacket, black cotton corduroy
Bendix Shirt, double black cotton muslin
Rampling Pants, black silk velvet
Didion Jacket, vintage Japanese cotton
Rampling Pants, black silk velvet
Bendix Shirt, double creme cotton muslin
Sysser Vest, Vintage Japanese silk
Annie Pants, needlecord in Napoli blue
La Colombe d’Or Jacket, vanilla white wool and linen
Sysser Vest, Vintage Uzbek silk
Lilli Pants, heavy black crepe satin
Q&A WITH FRANCA CHRISTOPHERSEN:
The ceramist.
Franca Christophersen is a beauty of a 28 year old woman born and raised in New Zealand. She moved to Copenhagen in 2018 when she got a ceramist internship and stayed as she married Frama owner Niels Christophersen. We photographed Franca in her studio.
MM: Why did you become a ceramist?
FC: I had been working in fashion but started taking ceramic classes in the evening as I was stuck in front of the computer all day and missed working with my hands. That is where it started. In order to learn more about the many different approaches and techniques I ended up with an apprenticeship in Denmark for Eric Landon.
MM: Tea or coffee?
FC: I drink coffee in the morning, but keep it at two a day and I prefer my coffee weak and milky as I am pregnant. Tea is for my evenings and like tea from IO Tea or Sing tea house. I prefer something herbal and special.
MM: What was your process for the making of the cups?
FC: I started off by looking at classical visual references. The mindset was about creating something special and timeless. La Bagatelle has such a focus on craftsmanship and an appreciation of it and I wanted to honour that. So I decided to use a high grade coarse stoneware to make the cups with a porcelain coating which is unusual. However, I used it as it would give a refined look yet reveal the texture.
I am into making things complicated at first and then trying to simplify them. These pieces for instance has been fired three times to give the right kind of effect of stoneware and porcelain. I tested different glazes again and again before it was right. The tea and the espresso cup have their own language but they go well together without being too much the same. Each cup is wheel thrown and it takes an absolute minimum of a week and a half to finish one cup.
MM: What do you look forward to in Spring?
FC: The Sun the most. And to drive my Volvo P1800ES in California White from 1972. I only drive it in the Summer.
Photographer Frederikke-Agnete Svarre
Stylist Caroline Harbro
THE LA BAGATELLE AUTUMN EDIT:
Benedikte Jacket, thick weave wool
Laura Skirt, handprinted hand loomed cotton
Vivianna Blouse, black wavy pearl satin
Lee Shirt, white wavy pearl satin
La Colombe d’Or Jacket, ashes black wool and linen
Bendix Shirt, double creme cotton muslin
Sysser Vest, Vintage Uzbek silk
Rampling Pants, olive green silk velvet
Marseille Shirt, striped Indian cotton
La Colombe d’Or Jacket, mustard wool and linen
Annie Pants, needlecord in tangerine
Didion Jacket, chocolate cotton corduroy
Rampling Pants, emerald silk velvet
Lee Shirt, striped Indian cotton
Blixen Jacket, kodo corduroy in chestnut
La Colombe d’Or Jacket, dark brown wool and linen
Laura Skirt, handprinted hand loomed cotton
Thank you to photographer Frederikke Agnete, stylist Caroline Harbro and talent Amanda.
THE LA BAGATELLE AUTUMN EDIT:
Blixen Jacket, kodo corduroy in chestnut
Laura Skirt, Indian cotton block print
Amanda Jacket, wool khadi
Rampling Pants, claret silk velvet
Blixen Jacket, kodo corduroy in chestnut
Lee Shirt, striped Indian cotton
Laura Skirt, Indian cotton block print
Benedicte Jacket, thick weave wool
Laura Skirt, handprinted hand loomed cotton
Thank you to photographer Frederikke Agnete, stylist Caroline Harbro and talent Amanda.
LA BAGATELLE EDIT:
Gudrun Shirt, striped Indian cotton
Sysser Vest, vintage Japanese silk
Annie Pants, needlecord in coral rose
Creamy, yellow tones with a touch of camel seems so right for now. The Sysser Vest is the final touch.
Marseille Shirt, Nepal yellow silky cotton
Sysser Vest, vintage Japanese silk
Annie Pants, Hari needlecord in dust
Andrea Top, petroleum wavy pearl satin
Elise Skirt, Indian cotton block print
The Bendix shirt is usually worn tucked in. However, you can create a very elegant look with the layering of colours in different tones one fabric on the other.
Bendix Shirt, striped Indian cotton
Lilli Pants, heavy Champagne rosé satin
Bendix Shirt, handwoven Indian Ikat
Didion Jacket, vintage Japanese silk
Rampling Pants, lavender silk velvet
Roll up the sleeves. Wrists are such an elegant part of the female body.
Jaipur Jacket, vintage striped Chinese cotton
Andrea Top, black wavy pearl satin
Jane Skirt, Japanese black striped denim
Bendix Shirt, cotton lawn white
Beate Jacket, vintage striped Chinese cotton, Medium
Rampling Pants, Devon rose silk velvet
Block print and silk velvet is an unusual, and unusually elegant combination.
Virginia Shirt, Indian cotton block print
Rampling Pants, Tuscany yellow silk velvet
Bendix Shirt, striped Indian cotton
Bisset Vest, lavender silk velvet and vintage fabrics
Lilli Pants, turquoise French linen
Unbutton you shirt and use it as a casual jacket.
Virginia Shirt, Indian cotton
Andrea Top, white wavy pearl satin
Jane Skirt, Japanese white Denim
Didion Jacket, kodo corduroy pale pink
Lilli Pants, heavy Champagne rosé satin
Thank you to photographer Frederikke Agnete, stylist Caroline Harbro and talent Coco Lucia Kongstad
LA BAGATELLE EDIT:
Camilla Larsson’s La Bagatelle edit photographed at The Oriental in Bangkok by Henrik Bülow. A very special hotel that the couple have returned to on numerous occasions. This year they brought their one year old son for the first time.
