En 1924, Albert et Marie-Louise Lesage reprennent l’atelier du brodeur Michonet. Fondé en 1858, ce dernier fournit les premiers grands noms de l’histoire de la haute couture que sont Charles Frederick Worth, Madame Paquin ou Madeleine Vionnet, dont l’assistante chargée des broderies n’est autre que Marie-Louise Lesage. Inventeur de nouvelles techniques (vermicelle droit fil ou système de l’ombré qui donne des teintes fondues), la Maison Lesage devient rapidement réputée pour ses motifs avant-gardistes.

A century! Lesage is celebrating a century of creative dialogue, friendship, and complicity. It’s the perfect opportunity to devote a season of special programming to the brand, combining embroidery and weaving with other artistic disciplines, highlighting their flourishes, their pretences, their technicalities, and their splendour.

Drawing on the house’s iconography, workshops for visitors of all ages will combine embroidery and drawing, weaving and digital technology, ornamentation and literature, and esotericism and symbolism.

After a series of stopovers in Marseille, Paris, Dakar, and Venice, during which the public were introduced to embroidery through free workshops, the participative work Murmuration designed with Aristide Barraud is returning to la Galerie du 19M Paris/Aubervilliers for the "Lesage. 100 years of Fashion and Decoration" exhibition. An opportunity for the public to discover the different facets of the house.

Finally, this anniversary season also features three exceptional evening events including the opening of the exhibition, a festive happening paying tribute to the house’s greatest celebrations, a celebration of the 100th episode of the Habitudes podcast, and the second edition of the Amateur Collection Contest organised with Profane magazine. All of which will culminate in a creative and festive weekend with a taste of the festive season.