TRENDS CRUISE 20

ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2019

WINTER 19 TRENDS

DISCOVER TRIBECA THROUGH OUR LENSE

TREND REPORT FALL 19

FINAL TOUCH

When the details are expressed with such force, there is no need to multiply the ornaments. The final touch of an outfit is not a jewel, but first and foremost, a story. If it catches the eye, we will tell it.

TRANSITIONAL STRAPS

It’s impossible to freeze their function. They constantly multiply. These are transitional straps : at times a scarf, at times a bow tie. They’re the accent of the garment, even tone on tone.

A VEIL OF MYSTERY

A dress and its shadow. A vest that is prolonged. The garment is surrounded by a veil of mystery that blurs the lines of convention. It does so lightly, like a breath.

9 TO 9

The expertise of craftsmen, the subtlety of the fabrics and the creativity of the design are at the service of everyday life, from 9 to 9.

THE RUSTLE OF THE BELLS

A rounded silhouette is born from a flat fold executed with a right angle. Impossible origami bubble, a splendid contradiction of straight lines and curved volumes.

MOTHER'S DAY

The strongest, my mom

WHEN THE DRESS LEADS THE BALL

It has the look of great premiere nights and the audacity of impromptu parties. Its lines are studied and its spirit spontaneous.

ALL IN PINK

They are classics splashed with pink. Signature silhouettes offered in canvas to express the poetry of quartz, raspberries and dregee.

SHOW OFF YOUR COLORS

It borrows from a sugary peach to a soft beige. It has the romanticism of a rose, but not its naivety. It’s a color that’s given itself the right to dream, without giving up the one to act.

THE NOTCH OF SILK

It is worn like a breeze and rustles gracefully at the slightest movement. Agile and flexible, the silk is a thrill that slips down your skin, amplifying the momentum of each gesture. Its finesse is a strength.

CARRIED BY THE WIND

In rows of waves or tapered ridges. Along a hem or in improvised patterns. The gathers and fringes are layered on the refined lines of dresses and jackets. It’s a spontaneous apparition.

GRAY ZONE

It’s a neutrality with a strong character. Soft hues that are anything but dull. They express themselves in degrees of luminosity: from the depth of the storm to the mystery of a fleeting fog. Here, the contrasts are subtle.

THE RHYTHM OF THE LINES

Geometric Arabesques. Minimalism with carefully studied features. Volumes defying gravity. Architectural silhouette rises. Each element is supported by technique: calculations behind the poetry of a sleeve, combinations of fabrics giving new properties to new materials.

LIFE IN RED

It’s a red so powerful that it dears contrast itself. Matte over glossy, gingham over monochrome. The nuances are multiplied by textures, offering bright shades ranging from poppy to cardinal, passing through ruby and the berries.

GRAPHIC IDENTITY

It’s a garment in bold. A new typography free-handedly drawn in space. Both effective and artistic, its lines compose a message that invites audacity. Black ink on a white page.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

MONTREAL COUTURE/THIERRY MUGLER COUTURISSIME

JUST THE BEGINNING

They stand out at first glance, but can be appreciated even with your eyes closed. As the creation’s raw materials, the textiles express themselves mainly through touch to feel the reliefs, the weight, the softness. The gaze selects, then the hands decide. They search for fabrics to sculpt, drape, breath in a movement.

SPRING 2019 SEASON’S HIGHLIGHTS

READY TO CELEBRATE

It’s an event dress that provokes the occasion to celebrate, rather than waiting for it. The desire to slip into it is enough to justify the party. It’s a question of looks as much as comfort, because elegance is, above all, a sensation: a state of mind and confidence that translates into style.

TOP COAT

The idea is architectural, but the plan is flexible. Lines traced freehandedly meet in curved angles. They form a delicate frame with prolonged sides, a silhouette both agile and structured.

NEW WAVE

It’s a movement inspired the that of the waves. Asymmetrical gathers that overlap and are ready to surge. They splash with grace even the most minimalist clothes to better ruffle the ridges.

DUNES AND MIRAGES

The inspiration is a sea of sand with suspended waves. A desert with an immobile swell, molded by the wind. It rounds its back and then arches. Domed lines spread far out of sight in undisciplined waves. The show is filtered and yet spectacular.

A PERFECT STORM

It is a freeze-frame of a storm on the verge of bursting. The painting, with an overexposed white and a saturated red, captures the tension that agitates the clouds.

THROUGH AND THROUGH

It’s a dress of ink and shadows, with blurred lines left raw. A delicate chrysalis accumulating the transparencies until the light gets caught in its nets.

APPLIQUé

Swirls of organza frozen in movement. A veiled flower with tapered petals. The precious character of things isn’t in their opulence but in their lightness.

ROSÉ

It’s a color of asserted romanticism that evokes someplace far away. Not in terms of a specific place, but more in the feelings that accompanies this change of scenery : this solace tied to travel, the serenity that comes along once you let go of your bearings.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS: CRUISE 19

Discover the Cruise 19 signature looks and Season Highlights.

MSP | SHAN

Maison Marie Saint Pierre and SHAN unite to unveil a first capsule collection of luxury techno-poolwear. Created to prolong moments of relaxation, this seaside capsule offers styles to lounge poolside.

CUTTING CORNERS

Trading in a low neckline for some cut-outs. Revealing the skin piece by piece to draw attention to areas usually covered.

NEW PRINCESS

Some references, you will never stop dreaming about. Silhouettes that evoke distant stories, fabrics associated to royalty.

RAW FORM

The ball of contradictions. Unlikely duos interlace. What sets them apart is what makes them shine even brighter.

TECHNO VELVET

It’s a velvet with a noble appearance, but a light spirit. From a somber black, and dazzling sheen, it evokes the aesthetic heritage of luxury.

BEYOND BOUNDARIES

They come from the thirst for experimentation beyond constraints. The Maison Marie Saint Pierre Atelier collections aren’t confined by time, instead, they materialize swiftly based on inspiration.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS : ATELIER WINTER 2018

See the Atelier Winter 18 collection and discover the season’s highlights.

TIE THE KNOT

The detail becomes the focal point. This addition is not only accessory to the design; its lines are minimalistic, its volume is spectacular.

MARBLED

A print carved from the cold of marble, or the edge of an iceberg in purplish deep ridges. An ode to nature and its enduring themes, an homage to its timeless beauty.

PROJECT DRESS

The canvas is distinguishable: impeccable cuts and timeless lines. A representation of the starting point, a strong base where audacity can flourish.

ATHLETIC INTENT

A style inspired by a thousand destinations. Not the destination itself, but the parallels drawn between each. Movement is constant. Decors are multiplied.

SEA OF SAND

Borrowing from sand dunes, created by gusts of wind, to form a drapé. The colour of sand, both rich and neutral, rises to the occasion.

HIGH CONTRAST

White - not for lack of colour. Saturation of the light, like in a high contrast photograph where brilliance blurs the edges.

SECRET GARDEN

A garden of light and watercolour. Flowers dancing with the wind. Their movement immortalized by the paint brush’s stoke, soft and fragile, apposing the petals on a white fabric. The pattern evokes a landscape and an ambian

COLOUR COMPOSITION

Discover the Fall 18 colour palette

A NEW FUNCTION

Flexibility is the new authority. Wellness is the new priority. An air of lightness allows us to reach higher.

GET YOUR GREENS

Green in plural form, both deep and spontaneous. Evoking the opulence of nature. Abundance is invariably renewed in the peak of summer. Trees are saturated with leaves while plants, disciplined or wild, take over in an emerald cascade.

COLOUR COMPOSITION

Splitting monochrome with a contrasting tint. Amplifying a colour by confronting it to another. In blocs or asymmetrical lines, unexpected hues stand side by side with audacity. The accent is in the meeting of evergreen and light pink, of jet black and sand. Proportions do not rely on symmetry to create balance.

MSP X LLY ATELIER

For its Fall 2018 collection, Maison Marie Saint Pierre joined forces with Montreal's LLY atelier to develop an exclusive line of accessories.

A18 SEASON'S HIGHLIGHTS

See the Autumn 18 season's highlights

MNBAQ X MSP

A celebration of the new Lassonde Pavillon at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ)

CAFA 2018

Looking back at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards last Friday night at the Fairmount Royal York.

ITALIAN SAVOIR-FAIRE

Italian craftsmanship through time remains the reference in textile innovation and savoir faire today. Maison Marie Saint Pierre sources high quality fabrics which are then transformed in order to create garments that are distinctive.

(UN)VEILED

A hint of mist to bring ambiguity to the canvas. A veil casting a shadow, dimming the light. Even obscurity is given texture when organza is superimposed. Night is enveloped in a cocoon of tulle, while day is wrapped in mystery. A game opposing darkness to diaphanous. Curves become a guiding principle, contours are blurred.

FEATHERS AND FRILLS

Casting a shadow, grasping a thought, only to interpret it later in a hand-crafted airy organza. Adorning the garment with wings. Imagining a silhouette with ruffled feathers like a bird raising its chest in the face of a challenge.

BOTANICAL

The pattern is a succession of reflexions: a cherry blossom on the water, an artist reproducing the spectacle in watercolour. Every step adds its artistic touch to the canvas.

A GLIMOUR OF GOLD

Slipping into a cascade of gold, the subject is shining brighter than the spotlight it is under.

BALL GOWN RE-ENGINEERED

A sketch outlined in charcoal, revealing the silhouette of a dress. A composition of transparency, its levels of opacity amplifying the volumes like floating midair. Light leads the ball, giving the deepest blacks an unexpected radiance.

ART OBJECTS

Pascale Girardin Art Objects are seen throughout Maison Marie Saint Pierre’s Atelier Summer 2018 lookbook. This collaboration of artistic worlds, both anchored in craftsmanship and local savoir-faire is organic: sculptures perfectly oppose the fluid Atelier ball gowns, further exploring the notion of duality.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS | ATELIER SUMMER 18

See the Atelier Summer 18 collection and discovers the season’s highlights.

NIPPON NIPPON

Marie Saint Pierre Spring 2018 creations - a world of Japanese influences.

ATHLEISURE

Designs with athletic properties and a professional allure become witness to our wildest dreams.

SLIP ME INTO LAVENDER

Mauve in a thousand nuances: lavender, iris, pastel. Silk or neoprene. In addition to evolving with textures, it reacts to the shades it opposes.

BOHEMIAN

Contemporary bohemian, devoid of nostalgia. We can dip our feet in for a moment or make it into a lifestyle. Refreshing, it encourages us to live in the moment. The reign of spontaneity, fuelling the idea of liberty in movement and state of mind.

SELF

Choosing ourselves. Placing well-being at the centre of our decisions. The garment catches the eye first, but it’s our ambitions that complete the look.

SHORTCUT

The lines are drawn, in a delicate brushstroke or cut more bluntly, they add up to create a unique finishing.

ORIGAMI

Folding as an art-form. The lines are pure, the fabrics weightless. Origami is seen in all its meticulosity in the garment’s creases and in the use of organza; cascading like a waterfall. Crafted in a paper-like fabric with metallic accents, these sculptural garments are of a poetic geometry.

PINK PERSUASION

An editorial hue. An unexpected shade of pink. A speck of light, or a brush stroke of watercolour, as persuasive in transparency as in opacity.

EVENINGWEAR REINVENTED

NEW SUITING

In this equation: all the same strength, no constraints. Structure in tailoring is softened. The suit’s fabrics become performant and athletic. Comfort takes its place beside style.

TRANSPARENCY PLAYS

The result is a clever composition of technical and elegant, clean lines and volumes, almost intangible. Has the dress been shortened or lengthened? Both. It’s all a matter of perspective.

ROMANTIC PLEATS

A garment with deconstructed pliage, reminiscent of a silk evening fan. Evoking romanticism and softness, without symmetry. Oversized, we slip it on rather than hold it at our fingertips. It unfolds as an organza waterfall, giving the impression of an everlasting movement.

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

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AN AFTERNOON IN WYNWOOD

Walking in Wynwood, Miami’s Art District. Discover our address book, paired with a spring 2018 selections.

30 YEARS ALREADY!

So, how will I celebrate? In style! 2017 is going to be full of special events.

LEADING WOMEN

Challenge what we consider to be the norm. You will take off on paths laid by others to land further than ever before. Your successes are not yet in our realm of imagination.

MAISON MARIE SAINT PIERRE... THE BOOK!

"Maison Marie Saint Pierre, en 30 tableaux" is the title of the book which will be published this coming April by Éditions Québec Amérique.

MARIE SAINT PIERRE DRESSES LE GERMAIN HOTELS

Marie Saint Pierre signs a new exclusive collection of uniforms for the female staff at the prestigious Le Germain Hotels.

ETHICS OF TRAJECTORY

"The timelessness of my creations thumbs its nose at the reign of quantity and fast fashion. I make garments to own, not consume."

TO THE ACADEMY

It is an honour for me today to become the first fashion designer inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

BOOK LAUNCH: MARIE SAINT PIERRE EN 30 TABLEAUX

Highlighting the beginning of Maison Marie Saint Pierre’s 30th anniversary celebrations, we were happy to launch Madeleine Goubau's book

A MOMENT IN TIME

Defying gravity, it is the object of a surrealist painting. A dress outlining the silhouette while barely there, floating in equilibrium, and grounded in its weight. Its edges, drawn in angles of opacity and transparency, are cut out from the canvas with precise sharpness, yet a blur suggests mouvement.

IN HER ELEMENT

A paradox: the feeling of the polar air or tropical wind, being at work or on holiday, an occasion calling for simplicity or extravagance

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

The snow has absorbed all of the colours in the landscape. Looking out the window, a sepia colour scheme is distinguished. Beautiful, but so cold.

ENIGMATIC

The reference point is well known: the suit. It is noticed at first glance in the frame—a character actor, its role studied in minute detail and executed to perfection.

MIRROR MIRROR

It’s a mirror you wrap yourself in. As with any surrealist work, its character has been subverted. A reflection emboldened by a unique identity.

REVELATION

The unexpected catches the eye. Without provocation or a cry for attention. A simple revelation, an emphasis on the unexpected, is what surprises us.

INCANDESCENT

It’s akin to a fire in the distance, a beacon in the dark that leads guests to the party, their eyes transfixed.

SHINE

Free and unconventional elegance radiates from these creations. They unfold in an instant and embody effortless style, an ideal choice as the holiday season draws near

INTENSELY YOU

Dreams, as amazing as they are, are fragments of our reality, truths plucked from our everyday lives. They are moments of time stolen from the day’s end without us having a clue.

EVANESCENT

A decisive, improvisational moment. It’s impossible to put your finger on the magic that makes the evening take off. The spark is intuitive.

TAKEOFF

A dreamlike, gliding sensation. An otherworldly lightness. We defy gravity in our thirst for new perspectives.

FLAMBOYANT

The sun sets. The show begins. Setting the tone for the evening, the sky blazes pink and red.

TIMELESS

It’s the perfect canvas for a hint of drama: the opportunity to mix sleek and grandiose, minimalist and spectacular. The approach is architectural while the result is sculptural.

SEAMLESS

The picture is compelling, but the greatest asset of Marie Saint Pierre’s creations is only discerned by the women who slip them on.

ROSES D'AUTOMNE

Dreariness must be faced with colour, choosing chromatic anachronisms to counter the dark months ahead.

WITH RUSE

It only takes a thin strip of mesh on a garment to create the illusion of suspension. Is the picture true or is it a trompe l’œil?

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

The sheer mention of this powder blue or watercolor tone suffices to create a serene atmosphere.

EARTHENWARE

It is a pattern inspired by the Mediterranean, a fabric embellished with a earthenware-like motif that recalls lands where summer is unrelenting.

GOLDEN AGE

Beyond its function as an ornament and regardless of era or culture, gold assumes a powerful symbolism.

FALL 2017 LOOKBOOK

The Fall 2017 collection from Maison Marie Saint Pierre is an unlikely meeting between contrasting worlds.

GENDER NEUTRAL

It is one-of-a-kind. There is no “Marie Saint Pierre” stereotypical profile to whom this collection is exclusively targeted to.

OUR RESOLUTIONS

At the start of 2017, Maison Marie Saint Pierre offers you 10 suggestions of resolutions that share its spirit.

IT'S IN THE BAG!

Convenient or adornment? Both. True to the spirit of her brand, Marie Saint Pierre offers a collection of handbags without compromise.

B

Maple is the sweet essence softly exhaling through this natural feast.

C

Wild yet bewitching scent of velvet leather melting on the skin.

THE JOURNEY

It may be brand new, but it already has a story behind it... Tale of the journey of a Maison Marie Saint Pierre garment.

TECHNOLOGICAL LUXURY

Marie Saint Pierre takes the gamble to turn the perceptions around and to tap into the possibilities of reinventing luxury that technology offers.

HABITAT

Maison Marie Saint Pierre garments are designed to be inhabited.

HAND IN HAND

The dressmakers at Maison Marie Saint Pierre make the heart of the studio beat to the rhythm of their sewing machines

MASTER CLASS

The evolution from idea to garment requires a great deal of craftsmanship.