Michèle Lamy on a Life in Extreme Style | BoF VOICES

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The Business of Fashion

Fashion & Beauty, Business, Arts

4.6 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Michèle Lamy defies categorisation and convention in all facets of her life, not least of all on stage at VOICES. She joined BoF’s Tim Blanks to discuss her open, nomadic approach to life, which has yielded some of the most fascinating creative collaborations in fashion in recent decades.

To watch Michèle's conversation with Tim Blanks at VOICES 2018 click here.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Imran Ahmed, founder and CEO of the Business of Fashion, and this week on the
0:08.2	BOF podcast, we have someone who can only be described as one of the most singular individuals I have
0:13.7	encountered in my life.
0:15.2	I first met Michelle Lammy early on in my BOF journey when I was still learning about how the
0:20.4	fashion industry really works.
0:22.3	At the time, I was doing a lot of work with young fashion designers, and she was working with
0:26.8	the path-breaking designer, Gareth Pugh. When I first met Michelle, I have to admit I really
0:32.4	didn't know what to think. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I had never met anyone like her before.
0:38.6	I'll never forget that she told me it was her dream to look like one of the Maasai tribes people. I told her my family,
0:44.5	like the Masai, hailed from Kenya, and from there a beautiful friendship began. Michelle is an
0:50.4	entrepreneur and producer, as well as collaborator, wife, and business partner
0:55.7	to the equally singular fashion designer Rick Owens. Within Owens Corp, Michelle functions as an instigator
1:03.1	and special projects director. So here's Michelle Lammy in conversation with Tim Blanks
1:09.7	at Voices 2018.
1:13.6	We were trying to think of a visual correlative for this talk, and obviously it was
1:18.2	a mission impossible. So we've just done a visual collage, which will play behind us while we talk,
1:25.4	I think, and it's quite abstract, but it will give you a sense of the essence of Michelle Lamy.
1:34.1	She has created a place called Lamy Land, which can be real, but I think of it more as a state of mind.
1:47.0	And this is our visual introduction to that. So, Michelle, I wondered if you could tell us what Lamy Land actually is.
1:52.0	Yeah, but you...
1:54.0	Last year, Lamyland landed at Selfridges.
1:59.0	And that's... you were the first one to talk about it before even it opened, because
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