Spiraling into summer
Louise Bourgeois is often remembered for her monumental sculptures, notably her famous spiders, the largest of which is entitled “Maman.” But there is much more to the creative universe of Louise Bourgeois. Evelyne Chetrite, founder and artistic director of Sandro, paid particular attention to her spirals.
To express the symbolic resonance of the spiral in her work, Bourgeois drew on memories of her childhood. She associated spirals with a multitude of emotions. The spiral thus became a powerful visual metaphor for these complex feelings.
The artist also attached particular importance to fabric, and used some from her own closet and home as raw materials in her creative process. She made patchworks of fabrics from garments she disassembled and then reassembled in different compositions, illustrating a deeply personal artistic method.
Long before the idea of upcycling became fashionable, Louise Bourgeois had already incorporated it into her creative process. This care for prolonging the life of materials particularly resonates with Sandro’s values.
For Evelyne Chetrite, founder and artistic director of Sandro, deconstructed and reconstructed fabrics awakened memories under the parasols of a beach in Nice. The emotion generated by the works of Louise Bourgeois guided the women’s design studio in the conception of a creative capsule launched in April 2025.
The studio adopted the artist’s inspired approach: deconstruct to better reconstruct. A vertical stripe becomes a geometric pattern; every detail invites us to rethink traditional codes. The collection features summery pieces: flowing shirts and pants, airy dresses, a parasol skirt in a patchwork of stripes, or a wide-brimmed floppy hat—as if Bourgeois had fashioned them herself. Natural materials take center stage; linen voile, printed cotton poplin, and silk twill highlight the essence of the artist’s work. The various shades of blue are reminiscent of the Mediterranean.
“Like Louise, we tried to reflect on our relationship with clothes,” Chetrite said. “Like her, we may have found a way to master the chaos that surrounds us.”
The Louise Bourgeois Capsule will be exclusively available at the Sandro Greenbelt 5 boutique, which is opening soon.
In the Philippines, Sandro is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc.
