A recent graduate of the École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, De Vilmorin launched his debut collection on Instagram, where else? and quickly attracted the attention of Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and Christian Lacroix.

De Castelbajac took to his own Instagram account to tout the 23-year-old newcomer.

 

De Vilmorin has also earned the endorsement of the filmmaker and familiar face at Paris Fashion Week Loic Prigent, who visited his 17th arrondissement garret apartment for a segment of his latest program, 52 Moments du Mode.

 

His fall collection is a genderless assortment of colorful quilted jackets patchworked with faces, flowers, and hearts, and leggings hand-painted in the phantasmagorical Art Nouveau style of his sketches, which owe a debt both to Tim Burton and Robert Williams.

 

De Vilmorin intends to set up his business as a made-to-order rather than mass-produced operation, and he feels no pressure to present collections on the traditional February and September schedule. But unlike most designers his age, his point of view is well-honed, both identifiable and outsized, considering the one-room flat in which he makes his clothes is too small even for a desk, so the sewing machine is set up on the floor. His quilted jackets in particular are fabulously editorial but also quite simple to wear, With a price tag under €1,000.  De Vilmorin has all the makings of Gen Z’s first fashion star.