British Vogue - 09.2019

MARIE-EVE

LECAVALIER,

LECAVALIER

Born and raised in what she

describes as the “tedium”

of Montreal’s identikit suburbia,

as a child Marie-Eve Lecavalier

constantly sought refuge in

fantasy. “I was trying to escape

the boredom,” she explains. “So

I never knew if I was in reality or

a dream... I suppose I have quite a

prolific imagination.” That sense

of distortion, married with the

Noughties dress codes of Canada’s

disaffected youth, informs the

brand she has developed since: all

psychedelic prints and oversized

shirting; melancholic hues and

airbrushed leathers. While the

sophisticated finish of her designs

appears worlds away from the

grungy subcultures that defined

her teenage years, what results

remains “very Montreal, and very

North American. It’s as though I’m

paying homage to the little girl

I was,” she reflects, “but now I

have the luxury to explore it

through a different lens.” If this is

the result of growing up riddled

with provincial ennui, teenagers

across the globe can rejoice. n

LEATHER JACKET, FROM £1,530.

OVERSIZED COTTON SHIRT,

FROM £420. RECYCLED JEANS,

FROM £480. ALL LECAVALIER,

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