Lars Nilsson
| Lars Nilsson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 , Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Education | Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Awards | Vanity Fair Best Dressed 2001, Guldknappen 2006, Graphis Gold Award (Best Advertisement Campaign) 2011 |
| Labels | Christian Lacroix, Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren Nina Ricci, Bill Blass, Mr. Nils |
Lars Nilsson (born 1966 in , Sweden) is a fashion designer who has worked with several major fashion houses, including Christian Lacroix, Christian Dior, Ralph Lauren, Bill Blass,Nina Ricci,Gianfranco Ferré, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam.tam, and an own menswear line Mr. Nils.
Lars Nilsson graduated from both Virginska Skolan in Sweden and Paris’ Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture. Following fashion school he did an apprenticeship at the tailoring atelier of Chanel haute couture before joining the fashion house Christian Lacroix in a senior design role. From 1997 to 1999 he worked at Dior Couture as couture collection coordinator. After that he moved to New York to become the Design Director for the Polo Ralph Lauren women’s wear collection. From 2000 to 2003 he was Creative Director of Bill Blass Collection, designing both women’s and menswear.[5] In 2003, he returned to Paris to become Creative Director - and also creative collaborator for perfume and cosmetics - at Nina Ricci until 2006[6], and was appointed as Creative Director of Gianfranco Ferré in September 2007.[7] In September 2009 he started a menswear label, Mr. Nils.[9] For most of 2014 he acted as consultant Artistic Director for the Paris-based Fast Retailing women's wear brands Comptoir des Cotonniers and Princesse tam.tam.
Nilsson’s first big job upon graduation was at Christian Lacroix, where he would spend a total of nine years in the role of both Mr. Lacroix’s direct personal collaborator and senior haute couture designer. During some of the most exciting years of the house’s existence [having divested itself of its couturier in 2009, the house continues as a licensed operation] Nilsson worked on extraordinary couture creations, some of which have been iconic, most notably thanks to the work of photographer Irving Penn. He formed close, enduring links with such lionized couture figures as François Lesage (embroidery) and Mr. Pearl (corsetry). He shepherded all of Mr. Lacroix’s literary output at the time, including the books The Diary of a Collection and Pieces of a Pattern, was involved in the organization and execution of exhibitions devoted to the couturier’s work, and worked directly with him on Mr. Lacroix’s numerous projects for the theatrical and operatic stage.
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