Vergès Mine, one thing leading to another

« I love them »says Mine Vergès, showing the outfits of her « three girlfriends » in majesty on mannequins in her sewing workshop at the Moulin Rouge: Juliette Gréco, whose dresses she created for forty years, Nana Mouskouri, her « sister », whom she dressed for the 2024 Olympic Games, and Barbara, for whom she designed the famous « light velvet skin ». Near them, a poster represents Joséphine Baker, whom the woman nicknamed “the costume designer to the stars” also dressed for her last show at Bobino. « She performed thirteen times and died on the thirteenth performanceremembers Mine Vergès. Once I asked her to sit down, she was wearing a very heavy hairstyle and suit. She answered me : “I have never sat down in my life.” She had a heart like that. »

Lively gaze behind smoked lens glasses, 89 years of contagious energy, the artist flutters, moving archives, photographs and drawings. « This is Annie Cordy. Here, Marie-Paule Belle, Michèle Torr and Judith Magre. » The actress told him: « If I wear one of your dresses, I will have the Molière. » She got it. « In this notebook, these are the sketches of Corrado Colabucci, with whom I worked on the last two Moulin Rouge reviews, Formidable et Fairy »,…