Jean-Claude Jitrois Autobiography: My Skin Remembers

Johnny Hallyday, Michel Polnareff, Liz Taylor, Céline Dion, as well as Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga, and even Mike Tyson. Jean-Claude Jitrois, the creator of stretch leather, has dressed the biggest stars. A fashion beast, passionate about Marguerite Yourcenar, a curious therapist attentive to women: there are several lives within Jitrois's life.

Today, he tells his story and opens up in a fascinating autobiography. Before becoming the icon of red carpets, Jitrois was a brilliant psychologist trained in child psychomotricity at Pitié-Salpêtrière, under the tutelage of Françoise Dolto and Jacques Lacan. In 1979, he radically changed course and opened a leather boutique in Nice, adopting the name Jean-Claude Jitrois. Within a year, he opened three boutiques on the French Riviera and, in 1984, he settled in Paris on the prestigious Faubourg Saint-Honoré. During the parties he organized on Rue de Rivoli, he gathered all of Paris's chic and shady characters. The public wanted more. The couturier to the stars, at once a faithful husband, a fickle lover, an unyielding patriarch, and a captain at the helm, has seen it all throughout the century. From the baroque effervescence of the global jet set to the dark hours of the AIDS years, he has been through it all. On the eve of his eightieth birthday, we read the journey of a visionary designer driven by the love of leather and freedom.

Jean-Claude Jitrois was born in Narbonne. In 2002, he received the Legion of Honor for his contribution to the Fashion industry and the promotion of France throughout the world.

PODCASTS

Listen the interview of Jean Claude Jitrois on Habitudes, the podcast of L'Étiquette Magazine where actors, musicians and politicians talk about how they dress. 

VIDEO INTERVIEWS

Watch the full interview of Jean-Claude Jitrois with Léa Salamé on September 12th, 2024 - for France Inter.

Discover more about Jean-Claude Jitrois story on the following media:
FranceInfo
GQ Magazine France
ASVOF: A Shaded View On Fashion
Gala Stories France

Publisher: FAYARD / PAUVERT
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