Michel Gaubert
DJ & Producer
Having started his music collection in the heady club scene of Paris in the 1980s, he now designs runway tracks for brands like Chanel.
Michel Gaubert is fashion's leading sound director. Along with producing the fashion show soundtracks for an extensive list of clients including Christian Dior, Valentino, Loewe, Fendi, J.W. Anderson, Proenza Schouler and Sacai, the omnipresent sound director boasted a collaboration with Karl Lagerfeld spanning nearly thirty years, until Lagerfeld's passing in February 2019. Gaubert is also well-known for his mix-tape compilations for Parisian concept store Colette.
Gaubert began his career in sound in 1978 working as a buyer at an independent record store called Champs Disques that was frequented by Lagerfeld. While travelling to London, Belgium and America to buy records for the store, Gaubert became inspired to produce his own sounds and began playing at the Palace, a Parisian hotspot popular with Thierry Mugler, Claude Montana and Kenzo Takada.
In the early 1990s, Gaubert first began working with Lagerfeld on the sound for his namesake label before eventually going on to work for Chanel and Fendi.
He oversaw the eighty-piece orchestra at Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2011 show at the Grand Palais and produced the sound for Fendi’s iconic show on the Great Wall of China.
In 2007, Gaubert also collaborated with Longchamp on a range of travel bags, iPod covers and carry-alls. In April 2019, Gaubert and Kindess created the playlist for the new Casa Loewe London flagship on Bond Street.
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Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Balenciaga Autumn/Winter 2006, 28 February, 2006
BoF’s editor at large looks back at one of Nicolas Ghesquière's most memorable collections for the house — one that would influence fashion for years to come.
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Balenciaga Autumn/Winter 2006, 28 February, 2006
BoF’s editor at large looks back at one of Nicolas Ghesquière's most memorable collections for the house — one that would influence fashion for years to come.
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013
BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
Tim Blanks’ Top Fashion Shows of All-Time: Chanel Haute Couture, January 22, 2013
BoF's editor-at-large travels back to Karl Lagerfeld’s Shakespearean Fairyland, when he transformed the Grand Palais into a forest right out of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'
Fashion and Music Find New Ways to Partner in the Pandemic
It may be a while before concerts and red carpets are allowed again, but luxury brands are finding creative ways to engage with the music industry in the meantime.
Fashion and Music Find New Ways to Partner in the Pandemic
It may be a while before concerts and red carpets are allowed again, but luxury brands are finding creative ways to engage with the music industry in the meantime.
Chanel's Abstract Landscape
The most striking thing about this show was how it polarised its audience. The word on a younger generation’s lips was ‘fresh.’
Chanel's Abstract Landscape
The most striking thing about this show was how it polarised its audience. The word on a younger generation’s lips was ‘fresh.’
Enduring Modernity at Chanel
Virginie Viard convincingly pulled off the impressive feat of conveying Coco Chanel’s fascinating, complex spirit.
Enduring Modernity at Chanel
Virginie Viard convincingly pulled off the impressive feat of conveying Coco Chanel’s fascinating, complex spirit.
The Transformative Power of Pop at Loewe
Jonathan Anderson's fantasy wardrobe offered so many possibilities.
The Transformative Power of Pop at Loewe
Jonathan Anderson's fantasy wardrobe offered so many possibilities.
Gamine Incarnations at Chanel
This collection mightn’t have had the elegance of Virginie Viard’s couture, but it did share its restraint. That suggests a strong, stable future.
Gamine Incarnations at Chanel
This collection mightn’t have had the elegance of Virginie Viard’s couture, but it did share its restraint. That suggests a strong, stable future.
Altuzarra Grows Up
From the very beginning, the designer has impressed with the way his extreme youth has produced clothes of such worldly sophistication.
Altuzarra Grows Up
From the very beginning, the designer has impressed with the way his extreme youth has produced clothes of such worldly sophistication.
Playing Out Contrasts at Victoria Beckham
It felt like a very complete collection, with a look for every mood, from sweeping volumes, intense colours and bold prints to haute bourgeois restraint and discretion.
Playing Out Contrasts at Victoria Beckham
It felt like a very complete collection, with a look for every mood, from sweeping volumes, intense colours and bold prints to haute bourgeois restraint and discretion.
Raf Simons Goes Home
There was a confidence — and a joy — in this collection which broadcast new beginnings, the resuscitation of idealism.
Raf Simons Goes Home
There was a confidence — and a joy — in this collection which broadcast new beginnings, the resuscitation of idealism.
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