Topor and LEMAIRE
For Autumn/Winter 2026, LEMAIRE presents a capsule collection inspired by the work of French artist Roland Topor. Moving fluidly between drawing, illustration, writing, animation, and performance, Topor forged an idiosyncratic universe where dark humour and visual poetry converge.
The collection brings his exploration of metamorphosis and the fluid interplay between human, animal, and landscape forms into garments and accessories.
His drawings are reinterpreted through an expressive textile language, where fibres, fringes, and thorn-like textures translate graphic elements into tactile surfaces, with garments becoming instruments of transformation.
The collection comprises blouses, skirts, fringed pieces, boots, and scarves featuring Topor’s oneiric artworks, including La Nuit en Marche (1972), Les Amoureux, and Flashback (1973).
EN ARRIÈRE CREASE SLEEVE BOOTS IN PRINTED CANVAS COTTON
The idea of transformation and playful displacement extends into Je dors beaucoup, an exhibition at the LEMAIRE Elzévir boutique, where Topor’s drawings, illustrations, and objects enter into dialogue with the garments and the surrounding space.
ABOUT ROLAND TOPOR
Born in Paris, Roland Topor (1938–1997) developed a protean body of work shaped by the grotesque, the fable, and the rebus. His graphic work appeared in major French and international publications, including Bizarre, Hara-Kiri, Elle, The New York Times, Le Monde, and Libération. He wrote numerous books, including The Tenant (1964), and illustrated works by more than a hundred authors, among them Boris Vian, Marcel Aymé, Félix Fénéon, Tolstoy, George Sand, and Pierre Benoît. Topor also designed sets and costumes for theatre and opera, wrote screenplays, and appeared in films by William Klein, Raoul Ruiz, and Volker Schlöndorff. He co-created the animated films Les Escargots (1965) and Fantastic Planet (1973), as well as the television series Téléchat (1983). His work is held in major collections worldwide.
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Photography by
Julia Andréone