When asked what she does for a living, Judith Prigent takes a deep breath. “I always take time to answer this question. I do a lot of very different things at the same time, it’s not easy to sum them up in one word. Usually I say I sell vintage clothes, but I also draw and write a bit…” Free electron, jack-of-all-trades, Judith Prigent, 29, does not have a phobia of boxes, but almost. This fall, she was spearheading two exciting projects: the publication, by Éditions du Cherche Midi, of a guide to vintage fashion and the holding of an exhibition at the Rue Antoine gallery, a pleasant place nestled in a small street in the 18e arrondissement, set back from Place Pigalle, which ended on November 30.
You could discover some of his drawings and the cotton canvas tote bags created with Moturo, a line of handcrafted bags founded by designer and photographer Manuèle Pinon. Together, the two friends imagined a large shopping bag made of a single skilfully folded piece of fabric, dotted with black and white sketches taken from the famous guide.
The pleasure of finding
A graduate of Fine Arts in 2015, Judith Prigent did odd jobs before becoming an assistant in an art gallery. “I did everything: saleswoman, babysitter, hostess, until I found this exciting but very poorly paid job. So I decided to sell the stock of clothes that I had hunted since adolescence. My first pocket money, I had spent it in a garage sale…”
When she arrives in Paris, the Angevine discovers the Guerrisol thrift stores and enriches her small collection. “It was a completely insane thing. I spent my days scouring the shops, more for the pleasure of the find than to get dressed. » His first sales meet their public. She then decided to launch, in 2019, Moujik – named after the dogs of Yves Saint Laurent –, a small vintage fashion boutique, located in the 10e district of Paris, accompanied by an online sales site. By dint of antiquing, she has sharpened her eye and broadened her base of technical knowledge.
“At the beginning, with Moujik, the idea was to earn some money. I never imagined myself making it my job. Selling clothes was complicated for me. Fashion has not necessarily been easy to integrate into my life. I come from a family of intellectuals, my father is a writer. My mother is very politically committed to the left, clothes and trade are very far from her concerns…”
You have 67.89% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.