STÉPHANE ROLLAND IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW COUTURIERS IN THE WORLD TO UPHOLD THE UNIQUE SAVOIR-FAIRE OF FRENCH HAUTE COUTURE.
AT THE AGE OF FOUR, STÉPHANE CREATED HIS VERY FIRST SKETCHES; HIS DEEP AFFINITY FOR FASHION QUICKLY ASSERTED ITSELF AS AN OBVIOUS CALLING. IN HIS TEENAGE YEARS, HIS FASCINATION WITH ARCHITECTURE AND MODERN ART SHAPED WHAT WOULD BECOME A SIGNATURE STYLE RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD.
HIS PRINCIPAL MASTERS WERE CRISTÓBAL BALENCIAGA, OSCAR NIEMEYER, AND CONSTANTIN BRÂNCUȘI, ALL OF WHOM SHARED A COMMON GIFT: PLAYING WITH BALANCE AND SPACE.
FRESH OUT OF THE ÉCOLES DE LA CHAMBRE SYNDICALE DE LA HAUTE COUTURE PARISIENNE, HE SECURED, ON THE ADVICE OF PIERRE BERGÉ, WHO SAW A BRIGHT FUTURE IN HIM, AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ILLUSTRIOUS HOUSE OF BALENCIAGA. THE STORY FINALLY BEGAN: AT JUST 21, STÉPHANE ROLLAND BECAME THE YOUNGEST ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IN PARIS.
AT 24, STÉPHANE SPREAD HIS WINGS AND LAUNCHED HIS OWN READY-TO-WEAR LINE, BEFORE SIGNING AN EXCLUSIVE LUXURY UNIFORM LICENSE WITH THE HOUSE OF PIERRE BALMAIN. SUCCESS WAS IMMEDIATE, AND MORE THAN 170 COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD ENTRUSTED HIM WITH THEIR IMAGE.
AT 30, STÉPHANE ROLLAND ATTAINED THE TITLE OF OFFICIAL COUTURIER, SIGNING FOR TEN YEARS THE HAUTE COUTURE AND READY-TO-WEAR COLLECTIONS OF THE HOUSE OF JEAN-LOUIS SCHERRER ON AVENUE MONTAIGNE.
STÉPHANE ALSO DESIGNED FOR BOTH CINEMA AND THEATRE, AND FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS BECAME AN OFFICIAL PARTNER OF THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL. HIS COSTUMES FOR THE PLAY AMADEUS EARNED HIM TWO NOMINATIONS AT THE MOLIÈRES CEREMONY IN PARIS.
IN 2007, STÉPHANE ROLLAND OPENED HIS OWN HAUTE COUTURE HOUSE, ENDORSED BY THE FÉDÉRATION DE LA COUTURE AND THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY. HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS AN ORIENTALIST WORKING WITH PURITY OF LINE AS MUCH AS PRECIOUSNESS. EACH GOWN IS A SCULPTURE, CUT FROM GAZAR OR CRÊPE; HIS CREATIONS, EACH ONE UNIQUE, ARE NOW WORN BY THE MOST DISCERNING WOMEN AND BY CELEBRITIES AROUND THE WORLD.
