His father Bernard is a great photographer, raised by Shinoyama. Voilà, it’s a wink!
The dandy is not waddling, he confronts defiantly. He has a street panache. He dominates the small population of cafes and laundries. Taunting morals and diktats of a fashion that thinks itself divine. The dandy is not waddling, he is revolutionizing. The print does not matter, provided there is audacity? Admiration faints. Is it a double breasted jacket, a shirt that blooms, a skirt with folds, a tartan that is a must, or a hat that pops up. From references to irreverence, he draws a world and imposes a rigorous philosophy. It’s not because it’s serious that it does not have to be beautiful. With a sock, he unites his body to his soul, he responds with splendour to melancholy. Makes glamor a way of life. The dandy does not waddle, he invents with genius. A paradox for only opinion. He wears his singularity crossbody. Chameleon esthete, fragile heart that transcends generations, he live in the coming and going of time, dissolves genres and trends. His robe is kept and is conjugated to the infinite plural. Arrogant eccentricity, nonchalant tenderness, under the eye of the photographer, the dandy shudder. And then between the two of them, it’s a weird dance step. Seduction in slow motion. Victor Matussière can take the tangent, scrutinize the details. Strangeness is his seraglio. He becomes an existential collector. A possessor, willingly provocative, of an imaginary constellation. With him, the dandy does not wiggle, he poses. Captured in the streets, his humor becomes a sublime panorama. Victor dresses up with their follies. Proud romantic, anguished grandiose, the photo is a tribune to honor his brilliance. His parade in paradise, a tribute to Baudelaire, Wilde, Cocteau or Barbey d’Aurevilly. Mirror my beautiful mirror, tell me that the most beautiful are the dandies.
Marie Robert
Dandyrama – The Insta’Fashion by Victor Matussière
From September 4th to October 19th
Evry2 – Europe Square
2 Boulevard de l’Europe, 91000 Evry
