A sunshine-yellow iteration of the viral Le Chiquito bag sits next to a bunch of radishes on one plate, while another takes the shape of the brand’s instantly recognisable raffia hat, complete with black ribbon.
It’s not the first collaboration for the pair. Last autumn, Leon was enlisted to create 30 plates to decorate the tables of Jacquemus’s restaurant venture Oursin, which he founded with Caviar Kaspia. Leon moulded dainty ceramic peaches, anchovies, asparagus and mussels that were swiftly harnessed for their IG potential by diners at the Paris venue.
This time around, Leon has shifted her focus from food to fashion. “I begin with samples, and then a conversation starts wherein comments and additions help me make his vision come to life,” the artist tells British Vogue of her most recent Jacquemus collab.
Designed with the home in mind – timely as countries including the UK enter a second lockdown – Leon was keen to create ceramics that, while ornamental, were not placed high on a shelf out of reach. “I would place it on my very loaded coffee table as a decorative element, on a dining table as a centrepiece, or in conversation with other plates – and objects – ceramic or not,” she says. “I would not hang it on a wall, I like to place it where I would put a regular plate – only with the difference that I cannot use it.”
With much of the nation shifting into nesting mode ahead of lockdown 2.0, the playful ceramics could bring a welcome ray of Provençal sunshine to fashion fans’ homes this winter. Hollie Harding, Browns’s non-app buying manager, agrees: “As we are all now spending more time working from home, it’s important to have things around you that brighten your day and this Jacquemus X Daphne Leon collab will undoubtably put a smile on your face.
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