Excerpt: Enfants Riches Déprimés. Spring 2025 - Paris Fashion Week.

 

"The improvement in Henri Alexander Levy's relatively new fashion brand Enfants Riches Déprimés, although it was claimed that the brand started back in 2012 as a T-Shirt printing hobby, has been significant.  From admitting that he has no stylist training and in an interview for Vogue Italia in 2018, Levy also claimed he cannot sew.  Not unlike the roots of the Avant-garde stalwart Rick Owens as a former Los Angeles resident, now residing in Paris with his wife Michèle Lamy, despite the nearly Three decades age difference between Levy and Owens.  Owens rise to fame and notoriety did not occur overnight, yet like Levy he had access to 'backdoor passes', so to speak, ascending him as the last remaining independent fashion designer who frequents Paris runways, left on the planet.  Can Levy's projection ensure the same?  Of course, it's hard to say.

However, backdoor passes into the fashion world are crucial to get over the first hurdle of survival, as are the heavyweight connections..."

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Full review:  chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/2025/01/enfants-riches-deprimes-spring-2025.html 

(A.Glass 2025)