2017.11.21 - EPISODE #4
New York | Founder of The Webster
Laure Hériard Dubreuil, founder of The Webster -a luxury multi-brand fashion house operating five physical boutiques in the U.S. and an online store- is the protagonist of the fourth chapter of the #HouseOfMolteni project, set in New York and shoot by Olivier Zahm.
1 | What does your house represent to you?
My house is my shelter, where my family lives and where I feel comfortable and I rejuvenate.
I’m always thinking and searching for inspiration
2 | Who chose the furniture?
A bit my husband and myself. We kept some furntirue we had before meeting and we also bought something new. We are quite lucky to have similar tastes. But I have to say that the furniture is more me, while the art is more my husband.
3 | Any works of art at home?
My husband is a contemporary artist, so I’m blessed to have all this creativity around and all of those amazing pieces from our friends and the ones we collected over the years. I have a photo from Ryan McGinley that I had in my apartment in Paris and it's the only thing I brought when I moved to Miami, it's the art piece that has been following me for the longest time.
4 | Where do you get your best ideas?
I’m always thinking and searching for inspiration between travelling for the fashion weeks, going to art shows and museum to discover new artists.
There are a lot of places where I would like to live as long as I’m with my family
5 | Open Space or separate rooms?
I have several floors in my house but all of them and especially the main one is open, except for the sleeping area.
6 | Is your house a shelter or a place for sharing?
It’s both actually. I think in NY it’s important to have a place where you feel comfortable and safe. We are lucky to have a little garden, to be next to the church and hear the bell, is very peaceful and quiet. But I also like to have my house full of people, having party and fun.
7 | Design and fashion, similarities and differences
I think there is a lot in common and a lot of dialogue between design and fashion. Fashion people have always been very sensitive to design and vice versa and the same with art. I think it’s about aesthetic and loving details and creativity.
8 | Bath tub or shower?
Shower.
9 | Home cooking or restaurant?
I like both. I like having dinner at home with my son and my husband and being the three of us but it’s also good to have some friends coming over. I celebrated my birthday with a big party, it was very fun. But it’s also nice to go to restaurants, having date nights between me and my husband. My son is very excited when we take him at the restaurant for lunch on the weekend.
Miss chair design Tobia Scarpa
D.655.1 chest of drawers design Gio Ponti
10 | Where would you like to live?
Where my family is. I’ve grown up in Cognac -in the south west of France-, I moved to Paris when I was a teenager, I then lived in NY and in Miami and I’m now back to NY. My husband is from California and I know he would like to go back to California at some point. It’s a place that I would like to discover more as I haven’t spent much time there yet. However, there are a lot of places where I would like to live as long as I’m with my family. This is the most important thing in addition to the weather, I love sunny places.
DesignGIO PONTI
ARMCHAIRS
Always passionate about nautical furnishings, Gio Ponti gained direct experience in four ocean liners and two cruise ships upgraded or built from scratch after the war, between 1949 and 1951: the Conte Grande, Africa, Oceania, Conte Biancamano, Andrea Doria and Giulio Cesare. Ponti designed this easy chair with slight variants for these ships.
DesignGIO PONTI
SINGLE UNITS
Chest of drawers designed in several versions in the period from 1952 to 1955. The new version was produced using original drawings kept in the Gio Ponti Archives. The elmwood frame rests on satin brass feet.
DesignTOBIA SCARPA
CHAIRS
Miss chair, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1986. The legs are slim and divaricated, to ensure stability, the front ones are bent to form the armrests and continue into the curve of the backrest. The back legs reach the backrest from behind, underpinning it while the seat is inserted between the lines and links them.
Laure Heriard Dubreuil
Laure Heriard Dubreuil is the Founder and President of The Webster, an exclusive multi brand luxury boutique with locations in South Beach and Bal Harbour, Florida, Houston, Texas, and Costa Mesa, California. Laure acquired extensive fashion experience while working with some of the world’s most notable designers, such as Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent.
Laure has participated in the prestigious WWD’s annual CEO Summit, currently serves on the expert committee of LVMH’s annual fashion prize and recognized by Business of Fashion, for the past 2 consecutive years, among their top BoF 500: The People Shaping The Global Fashion Industry.
Laure holds a degree in Merchandising from FIT in New York City as well as a Business and Mandarin Degree from the Universite de Paris Dauphine. Laure currently resides in New York with her husband, artist Aaron Young and son.
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