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First came Parisian Rochas where Theyskens became artistic director in 2002.
The designer created a French-influenced “entirely new silhouette for the house” with a gloomy romantic touch becoming his signature.
Historic French fashion house Nina Ricci (2006- 2010) and American contemporary brand Theory (2010-2014) came after.

Olivier Theyskens got back to run his own label in 2016, but not for long as in the midst of the pandemic in 2020 he was named artistic director of Azzaro (@azzaro_official) becoming in charge of the brand’s couture collections, ready-to-wear lines, and accessories for women and men.
Became famous for its sexy sets made “to dance and shine all night long”, Azzaro house saw its finest hour in the 60s. Loris Azzaro, the brand’s founder dressed up the world’s jet-set, it-girls of that moment: cinema starts Marisa Berenson, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, Sophia Loren, and Raquel Welsh.
The challenge of new creative director consists in breathing new life (the initiative started earlier by Olivier’s predecessor Maxime Simoens) into the glorious archives while preserving the DNA of Loris Azzaro.

In the latest Spring-Summer 2022 couture collection Theyskens copes with this task brilliantly, as usual.

As unconditional fans of the designer work, we have been following his creative adventures from Europe to the USA and back and infinitely grateful that Olivier found time in his busy schedule to answer our few questions.
Here is Olivier Theyskens exclusively for FOXYLAB NY from Paris.