In addition to the runway shows, Fashion Week is also an opportunity to discover new gems. Such was the case in the heart of the Marais with Tsolo Munkh.
Tsolo Munkhun has a most atypical background. With a family background in the arts, Tsolo has had an artistic bent ever since childhood. Going to art school was a matter of course. However, Mongolia’s policy towards artists upset her plans. Father and brother steered her towards law. A sensible choice given the political situation.
28 years old, five years of law studies behind her. The future designer decided to move to Paris to finish law school and pocket her Master’s degree.
But this stay had to be financed. Here she is, a waitress at the École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs.
Service after service, the students fascinated her, and her desire to express herself artistically grew stronger and stronger. Tsolo cracked and enrolled in a fashion design school, where she was able to blossom, realize her passion and build herself as a designer.
When you first discover Tsolo’s work, your eyes glaze over as there is so much to observe. His creations are as impressive in their cut as they are in their use of textiles.
It’s not just a piece of clothing. A whole symbolism is concealed or revealed through its models. The faces of Mongolian idols stand out in certain pieces.
Zips are added in unusual places like the knees, and surprising pleats embellish the garment, creating a new material.
The Munkh woman is self-confident and doesn’t care about the outside world. She dares!
Each piece is virtually unique, so much so that the work is almost handcrafted. Hand embroidery and leather cutting.
Between traditional Mongolian and Buddhist inspirations and the modernity of today’s world, each piece is imbued with nostalgia and spirituality.
In addition to using fabrics such as silk, polyester… Tsolo Munkh has the magic to transform recycled materials and elements such as patterned canvas, hand-embroidered and coated Mongolian carpets, plumbing components, bells straight from Mongolia…
The designer has the talent to transform these materials into noble pieces: « I believe that every material, noble or otherwise, has its place in creation. Everything can be magnified if the fabric is reworked, embroidered, washed, crumpled, reinvented. It becomes even more incredible. le. »
His first collection will be presented in boutiques around the world: L’Eclaireur (Paris), Joyce (Honk kong), Al Ostura (Kuwait), Addicted (Bulgaria), Le Fate Ignorante (Rome), La Casa Dello Sporte (Bologna)…
No wonder Tsolo Munkh won the Grand Public Prize at the Hyèress Festival. From ordinary elements, Munkh turns his clothes into small works of art.
Stéphanie Macé