He promoted the broad-shouldered look. He established his own business 1976 and launched his first collection 1977. He began as a jewellery designer in London, returning to Paris 1971, and becoming an assistant designer in a leather manufacturing company 1973. His first collections shook the ready-to-wear market, showing wide-shouldered outfits, in black, red, and grey leather, which narrowed sharply at the waist, with slim-fitting skirts or trousers or helmets and chains. In 1984 he moved away from the "powerful" look to design garments in soft, rounded shapes and silk pyjamas which were topped by long satin and velvet robes in bright colours such as coral, absinthe green, lavender, aqua, and rose.
