The JØRGEN SIMONSEN experience - To navigate the world in one of Paris-based couture designer Jørgen Simonsen’s bespoke creations, is to be armed with a truly unique profile, studied in minute detail to the wearer... The result of a thirst, love and understanding for couture, sated via an original touch and one-of-a-kind vision of the designer and his ability to manipulate fabrics and finishings into exquisitely handcrafted, draped and tailored magic, the career of fashion designer Jørgen Simonsen is best summed up by simply looking at the two+ decades of his iconic and enduring fashion innovations. Each piece a true, original, never-to-be repeated experience; embodying attention to every detail and a manifestation of morphology in every stitch, conjured up and crafted in materials from the most renowned suppliers and working with the highest-level ateliers in Paris to produce couture in its purest form. The result; all the wearer's needs – even if those needs are simply to be dressed exceedingly well in an environmentally conscious manner – met with stand-out originality and a reassurance of uniqueness. The Jørgen Simonsen archives – both as a designer for world famous fashion houses and his very own label – unfold to tell the story of a world of alluring Haute Couture, super-contemporary and sensuous prêt-à-porter, captivating and empowering accessories and eyewear, all signed with the unique imprint of a man who innately understands the delicate marriage of wondrous and wearable. Danish-born Simonsen's birth-given gifts propelled him toward the upper ranks of fashioning creations, channeled through an exclusive education and quasi unsurpassed early fashion house experiences, to hone and perfect his counter-intuitive playful/serious approach to everything he puts his name to. Scandinavian to his very core, Jørgen Simonsen was nurtured by the serene sense of tradition that is unmistakably Danish, but peppered with a rock’n’roll edge. Time acts as both mistress and muse to the Jørgen Simonsen experience. His captivating output is the essence of his own personal and unique interpretation of time past, present and future. From nods to the exquisiteness of deep, iconic fashion history, over cultural nuances and respect for his own original heritage - as well as his adopted one - to the cutting-edge projections of an almost futuristic vision of sculpted cloth, with stops at every important fashion moment in between, his creations not only pay homage to the female form, they respect it with the stamp of his inimitable perspective. Educated at the private fashion college EsMOD in Paris, Jørgen Simonsen went on to a series of almost unparalleled apprenticeships with some of fashion's most influential mavericks: John Galliano, Karl Lagerfeld and Alexander McQueen. Topping off this impressive ascent as assistant designer into the world of Haute Couture, he was appointed head designer at the Milanese fashion empire Versace in the late nineties, followed by seasons in the same capacity at Valentino in Rome. He continues to amaze by putting his talent, skills and insight from years in the upper echelons of the fashion business to great use via both high-profile collaborations with industry giants, and private work catering to women all around the world, as well as a celebrity clientele roster of diverse and iconic tastemakers like Sarah Jessica Parker, Sofia Coppola, Marisa Tomei, Reese Witherspoon, Cate Blanchett, JLo, Madonna, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Nicole Kidman, Kim K. and Michelle Rodriguez to name but a few.
