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LECOANET HEMANT

The House of Lecoanet Hemant was founded in 1981. The name of the company is an amalgamation of the names of Frenchman Didier Lecoanet who was born in France in 1955 and  Indo-German Hemant Sagar who was born in India in 1957. In 1981 they opened their first shop on 84 Faubourg Saint Honoré and in 1984 Lecoanet Hemant officially joined the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. They showed their Haute Couture Collections in Paris up until the Spring/Summer 2000 collection and then moved their headquarters to Gurgaon in India.

Lecoanet Hemant was part of the  Haute Couture Establishment in Paris for nearly two decades. They both started by attending  Les Écoles de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. In 1982 they had their first show under the patronage of Cartier Haute Joaillerie. This enabled them to train 50 specialized artisans in their Paris workshops, creating unique garments for the American elite, Middle Eastern Princesses, European aristocracy and celebrities for the red carpet. In addition to showing their collections twice a year in Paris for nearly two decades, they  also presented their work at many other international destinations. Miami 1984, Mexico City 1986, Delhi and Mumbai 1988, Düsseldorf  and Sofia 1987, Berlin 1991 and 1995, Tokyo and Ichinomiya in 1992, Moscow, every year from 1994 to 1999, Sri Lanka and a Saga-Fur special anniversary show in Beijing in 1996, St. Petersburg and Sydney 1997, Riga Latvia and Almaty, Kazakhstan 1998, Beijing 1998, Kuwait, Singapore and Shenzhen in 2000, Chicago 2001, Athens 2002, Shanghai 2004 and 2006, Dubai and Miami 2007 and Sri Lanka 2008.

LECOANET HEMANT - India

In 2000 Lecoanet Hemant moved their headquarters to Gurgaon in India.

In 2007 they completed the construction of their  10,000 square meter factory and design space, in fact a manufacturing house with all necessary certifications that respect all international procedures and guidelines of high level dressmaking in sync with an industry-scaled production.

In 2006 ‘Ayurganic ’ was launched. A collection of well being clothes that follows the principles of Ayurveda using only certified Organic materials.

In 2013 ‘Genes Lecoanet Hemant’ was launched. An online Collection of urban contemporary wear, designed and created for India, in India.

Lecoanet Hemant  manufacture and partially design collections for other brands such as Chloé and Balmain.

They have designed and produced uniforms for the following Hotel Groups. Ritz Carlton, Hyatt, Andaz and The Park. They are currently designing uniforms for Air India and Vistara Airlines.

Fashion Awards

The Excellence Award of the University of Miami in 1984, The International Prize for“Clothing of the Year 2000” in Osaka in 1985, The Golden Mannequin Award in Moscow in 1994, the Dé d'Or Golden Thimble Award for the most creative and Elegant Collection of the Haute Couture season in Paris 1994. In 2005 the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe gave them the Swarovski “Paris Capitale de la Creation” Prize.

Lecoanet Hemant Haute Couture in museums/permanent collections

Deutsches Museum, Berlin, Palais Galliera, Paris, Musée des Arts de la Mode, Paris, Musée de la Méditerranée, Marseilles,  Fashion Museum, Osaka, The Mikimoto Museum in Japan (the dress embroidered with 6000 natural pearls made for their Japanese debutante in 1998); The Musée Ariana, Geneva (the dress created for the opening, embellished with Chinese porcelain); The Museum of Saga Furs, Copenhagen (a jacket made out of  hand made paper and arctic fox fur); The Ohio University Fashion Collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

They dressed the Barbie doll with 2 different outfits,  both reproductions of actual Lecoanet Hemant Haute Couture gowns, of which the second was a collaboration with Mikimoto, Japan, both are in the Permanent Barbie Mattel Collection.

Additional facts

Lecoanet Hemant has worked with the porcelain painters of the Royal Prussian Porcelain Manufacture in Berlin, as well as with the Gobelin weavers in Aubusson, France. They collaborated with Master Tatsumura, the legendary brocade weaver in Kyoto, Japan, using his brocades in their collections.

In 1998 they presented their collection along with a Boucheron Jewellery collection at the Paris Ritz Hotel for the launch of the “Jaipur” perfume.

In 1998 in collaboration with 3 Michelin Star restaurant ‘Taillevent’a picture of their interpretation of a Chef’s hat was printed on three million Badoit water bottles.

Lecoanet Hemant dressed Nadezhda Gracheva, the youngest Prima Ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet for her official events.

The Paris based company called “Pixi” made a minute hand-painted Tin doll dressed up in 1987 Lecoanet Hemant.

They dressed the Statue of Liberty in an exhibition dedicated to “Freedom” at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.

In the early 1990’s they made dresses out of chocolate for the “Salon du Chocolat” in Paris, Tokyo and New York.

In 2006 a  “Monsoon Coat” was produced as a  limited edition of 300 in collaboration with the NGO Converse which recycles plastic bags collected every day from the streets of Delhi.

In 2017 Lecoanet Hemant held a 4 decade retrospective of their work at Bikaner House, New Delhi highlighting their Haute Couture years right up to the present day of their contemporary collections. This exhibition is scheduled to tour globally to coincide with the planned release of a book documenting their work in Europe and India in 2019.

Lecoanet Hemant has been featured in the worldwide press and book publications for over four decades.