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"   Photo: Clement Dauvent  PARIS\u2014&amp;quot;Clothes shouldn&amp;#039;t be accumulated, but carefully bought like art works,&amp;quot; says R\u00E9mi Dupeyrat and Na\u00EFs Calmettes, the founders of Artisan Social Designer, a brand new fashion and design gallery dedicated to `contemporary craftsmanship&amp;#039; in Paris. The space displays garments alongside accessories and housewares made according to ancient artisanal methods like classic Normandy embroidery on laptop bags, medieval weaving techniques turned into oversized necklaces, centuries-old carpentry and engraving methods used on shoes etc. Yet the results are pared down and minimalist, to be &amp;quot;relevant to contemporary fashion and arts&amp;quot; said Calmettes, &amp;quot;and look anything but crafty!&amp;quot; Each rotating exhibition stages the clothes and accessories like works of art. &amp;quot;We show craftsmen who think like artists and vice versa,&amp;quot; said Calmettes, who, along with his partner, hopes to elevate the fashion to art-like levels. Everything in the gallery is both functional, made by hand, and either unique or produced in an extremely limited series of five. They&amp;#039;re signed, numbered and come with a certificate of authenticity. &amp;quot;You can use them or hang them on your wall\u2014we just want to encourage people to treasure what they purchase, whatever it is,&amp;quot; said Dupeyrat. The gallery&amp;#039;s received its fair share of attention from the art world and the duo was one of the youngest to show at Paris&amp;#039; annual Chic Art Fair and the first to introduce fashion. Their next exhibition opens on December 22nd and will feature a multi-media, science-fiction-esque show inspired by Winter, realized by artists M\u00E9lanie Vincent and Ernesto Sartori. &amp;quot;Both fashion and art are subject to mass production\u2014but in a recession, people crave something a little more permanent,&amp;quot; they said. Photographer: Cl\u00E9ment Dauvent; Stylist: In\u00E8s Fendri; Hair: Armand Fauquet at Artlist; Make-Up: Elsa Durrens at Artlist; Model: Adeline at OuiManagement; thanks to `Le Petit Oiseau Va Sortir&amp;#039;. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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