With Ordinary Talks, Tide meets with curated talents of the creative scene in their daily environment. 

For this second episode, we are glad to welcome Paris-based fashion designer Alphonse Maitrepierre, founder of his eponymous brand Maitrepierre. 

Anyone who’s been lucky enough to meet Alphonse knows he is a very special human being , on top of being a designer with a unique vision. His practice is playful yet highly technical, making him one of the leading figures in the Parisian emerging design scene. 

Since launching his brand in 2019, he has remained determined to work within self-imposed constraints, designing exclusively with deadstock fabrics and promoting the idea that fashion can be both eco-innovative and creatively bold. His avant-garde vision has helped set new standards in the industry and serves as a role model for many other brands.

We met Alphonse in his studio in Pantin, just outside Paris.

This episode is in French. 

For our debut episode, we’re thrilled to welcome French-German photographer and founder of the publishing house Le Rayon Vert, Rebekka Deubner.

Rebekka’s work, akin to that of a diarist, draws from a photographic tradition that associates the mundane with what she describes as "micro-events". She develops this very personal form of self-expression from her serene, white-walled Bagnolet flat, a place she associates with "her own mental space".