Camille Bidault-Waddington
CAMILLE BIDAULT-WADDINGTON, FASHION DESIGNER AND CONSULTANT, IS THE PROTAGONIST OF THE SECOND #HOUSEOFMOLTENI CHAPTER, SET IN PARIS.
WHAT DOES YOUR HOUSE REPRESENT TO YOU?
My house is like a nest, it's something I share with my kids and with all of my books, it's a kind of refuge from the outside world.
Camille Bidault-Waddington
D.154.2 ARMCHAIR GIO PONTI
WHO CHOSE THE FURNITURE?
The furniture is a mix of family pieces and new ones, some paintings and seats have been in the family for a really long time. I’ve chosen some pieces, some of them come from flea markets, they’re usually things I found with time, they’re not something I've been really looking for, they just happened to be here.
ANY WORKS OF ART AT HOME?
There are only a few things I actually have really chosen, like that mirror from my friend Vincent Darre from his first collection, a sort of anatomic bronze mirror. I also have some drawings I bought from Julie Verhoeven, Pierre Le Tan and some small painting by Gary Hume. All the pieces came trought life, honestly I can't even remember. I feel like they have always been in my house.
Camille Bidault-Waddington
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR BEST IDEAS?
Usually my best ideas come in the living room in the middle of books, when I look at one image another idea comes up, it's like a ping-pong in between images and ideas. It's never in my bath or in my bed, that's for sure. It just happens.
OPEN SPACE OR SEPARATE ROOMS?
My house is fulled with small rooms, but I have been there for 7-8, so, if I would move, I think I’d change for open space, just to start from scratch again. But I’m pretty sure it will probably look the same, each time I go somewhere it always looks like my house.
IS YOUR HOUSE A SHELTER OR A PLACE FOR SHARING?
I used to do lots of dinner but now it's more like a quiet place. I still invite some friends, but it's not a place where I invite a lot of people. I see so many people during my work that my house has become a protection from the outside world, it's calm, it’s the place where I'm always myself.
DESIGN AND FASHION, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES.
I think design and fashion are quite similar, they both need to look good and to have a function. They create an atmosphere, a mood. Design is probably a bit more technical because is something that has to lasts longer, there’s no “fast design”. With fashion you can be a little more flexible, with the quality for example.
BATH TUB OR SHOWER?
Well I used to be a bath person, but then I realised that I was really bored in my bath, so I became a shower person. I just realised that i was spending so much time in my bath so basically I changed and I became a shower person last year.
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