Each season in Paris, Roger Vivier stages a spellbinding presentation that mixes fashion with a little bit of performance, some artisanal craft and a lot of celebs. And, so on a chilly Friday in Paris, the brand took over the Hôtel de Boisgelin and brought a garden-themed collection to life, complete with golden palm trees and rococo chandeliers, cabbage patches full of suede crystal-covered kitten heels, and an exceptional amount of rosy pink and muted mint-green hues. “This season, all around the world, it’s super, super uncertain,” said Roger Vivier’s creative director, Gherardo Felloni, of the spring 2025 collection.
“It’s a really strange moment. I wanted to get inside and do something that I really love that makes me safe and makes me comfortable.” Titled “Jardin à la Vivier”, Felloni took inspiration from every aspect and angle of the garden and its flowers, decking out the venue in a kaleidoscopic narrative of garden greenery all perfectly decorated with pastel shoes, bags and jewellery to match.
And the usual Roger Vivier styles got a seasonal makeover with woven wicker, canvas and raffia too. The label also introduced the Belle Vivier bag, a day bag inspired by 1930s luggage, and reinterpreted the Belle Vivier shoe – famously worn by Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour (1967) – into a new ballerina shape. A favourite of Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich, the Marlene shoe – originally created by Roger Vivier in 1955 – was reimagined as an e.