Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

1949: Born on November 28th in Casablanca, son of Louis and Jeanne-Blanche de Castelbajac

1968: First collection for Ko and Co, company created at Limoges by his mother Jeanne-Blanche de Castelbajac

1969: First show. Use of indirect fabrics: floor cloths, sponges, oilskin cloths, camouflage cloths Hire Kenzo and Chantal Thomass for Ko and Co Concert of Led Zeppelin at the Olympia / Jimmy Page, double Gibson and Archet

1973: Join the group « Créateurs et Industriels » created by Andrée Putman and Didier Grumbach. Show futurism and protection manifesto: bandages, protection nylons and micka visors. First Page of the Women Wear Daily : « The Courrèges of the 70’s » Show at Galliera Palace

1974: Show at Bourse du Commerce: first teddybear coat, and poncho for two. Skiwear designed with Robert Malaval First concept store 31, place du Marché Saint-Honoré in Paris Encounter Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood in London Concert of New York Dolls at Paris for his birthday Contemporary Art collection debut

1976 Iceberg creation in Italia, destructured and pop knitwear Start of advertising campaign “the contemporaries” with Oliviero Toscani Design the Sportmax line for MaxMara Concert of the Sex Pistols at the “Chalet du Lac”

1982 First painted dresses by Jean-Charles Blais, Robert Combas, Loulou Picasso, Ben, Annette Messager, Gérard Garouste, Hervé Di Rosa and Miquel Barcelo

1983: “Tribute”dresses from Mickey Mouse to Louis XVI Pictures by Robert Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, Peter Hujar Encounter Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat

1984: Graffiti Dresses Painted Object-Dresses, Tribute to Andy Warhol First oversized clothing, “Gulliver” Coat

1986 Collaboration with K-Way Exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

1988: Exhibition Anti Körper at the MAK in Vienna: The Teddy Bear Coat

1993 Design with four hands two collections with André Courrèges

1997 Design liturgical clothes for the pope Jean-Paul II and 5500 clergymen for the XIIth Worldwide Youth Days in Paris

1999 Opening of a concept store dedicated to young designers: rue Madame in Paris

2000 First and unique Haute Couture collection « Bellintelligentzia » Back to menswear “Presumed innocent” Show ‘First Care’

2001 Launch of his « Doudou » Perfume, laureate of the Design price Beginning of the co-branding with Rossignol and Le Coq Sportif Show “Emergency State” at the metro station François Mitterrand Men show “Frankenstein the dandy”

2002 Collection « Physical Graffiti », tribute to Guy Peellaert

2003 Dress up Sarah Jessica Parker in “Sex and the city”

2004 Install his studio and new concept store in collaboration with Christian Ghion: 10 rue Vauvilliers in Paris Film his first short-movie “Hôtel Kittyfornia” with Maréva Galanter Settlement with the group Marchpole

2006 Exhibition Popaganda, The fashion style of JC de Castelbajac at Victoria & Albert Museum in London Write Eneco, a fantastic novel edited by Scali

2007 Exhibition “Gallierock” at the Fashion museum of Paris Galliera

2008 Open his concept store in London at Seville raw

October 2009 : Fashion show Pirates !Parrots !and Paradise ! with a live of Ebony Bones

November 2009 : Artistic director of BHV and Drugstore for a pop christmas . Preparing his first exhibition in Paris. September 2010 La Bank Gallery

March 2010 : Fashion Show Go!Go!Go! Diva with a live of French Horn Rebellion

Avril 2010 : Artistic director of Selfridges windows in London. « An encounter of the fifth kind » September 2010 : “Tyranny of beauty”, first art exhibition in Paris at La B.A.N.K. gallery Launch of the JCDC online store

October 2010: Fashion show “Uber Tropikal Airlines” with The shoes live

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