[ Up-tempo music plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Mattiussi: [ Speaking French ] Interpreter: It's fabulous.

Place des Victoires.

Every morning I get to see Louis XIV's arse.

Such a beautiful spot.

Working here is a joy.

It changes everything, even creatively.

We've really expanded, really grown.

And we found this.

Amazing.

♪♪ The house was founded in 2010.

It wasn't really a house.

I was on my own in my apartment when I really began to design the first collection.

A few backers invested a bit of money to get us started, and then we showed the first collection in January 2011.

[ Speaking French ] Interpreter: We held the show in a bar just over there -- 14 or 15 looks, friends, parents, the press office, and a few journalists.

But there were just 20 or 30 of us in the room, and our story began.

It took off right away from the very first season.

That was 13 years ago.

And it was extraordinary because it was pretty simple.

The start was a menswear collection.

My idea has always been for everything to be very realistic, for the clothes I wear -- that we all wear -- are easy to wear, comfortable, beautiful, quite simple.

That's how it all began.

Right.

Start of the collection.

Start of the season.

We get going straight after the vacation.

It's kind of fabulous.

You come back.

You have to design a collection.

It's the best job in the world.

It really is.

So here goes.

The inspiration for each show -- I don't know if I have these light-bulb moments.

Each collection is like a continuation of the previous one.

There's been this common thread since the start.

And when I design this one, I kind of already know where I'll go with the next one.

I always have a contextual link to what I am, to what I am at that specific moment, to my emotions.

How do I feel at that moment?

Am I in love?

Am I not in love?

All of these things really matter.

They inspire me, feed my inspiration, stimulate my creativity, my creative process.

We're going to start with the women's collection.

I'd like my board with the sketches.

Ah.

There was that too.

We said maybe.

If we say our dark color is brown, if we have a few shades of brown and a khaki, these could be our fairly dark things.

And I love this too.

Woman: [ Speaking French ] Interpreter: There's no gray.

Mattiussi: [ Speaking French ] Interpreter: Yes.

I think we need some gray.

You see this?

If you combine it with... Mm.

It isn't an off-white.

Interpreter: Yes.

It's a kind of ecru.

That's right.

Interpreter: For me, this is an excellent starting point, like a first color palette.

It's good.

It's the continuation.

Maybe the knitwear could be this color.

The accessories, obviously.

Right.

I love this.

So we'll keep this idea.

That's the first story.

The second story -- They have to go together.

Everything we said about these kind of flesh tones.

Beige.

But it has to be a very pretty beige.

Interpreter: This adds something.

Interpreter: Yes, it does.

We can consider it.

It goes well, but you, see, it's already... No.

Interpreter: That or that.

Interpreter: Even the idea of the camel that we always use -- I think this season's camel is this.

See?

Even this is wonderful.

Interpreter: That's very pretty, too.

It's a bit closer to what we've done.

Yeah.

Interpreter: But it's good.

I really like the idea.

Because it isn't the same looks, the same volumes, the same textures.

Besides, having a coherent palette like this, I think it emphasizes our story.

It works as well with accessories, handbags, shoes.

That's that.

Then we had a blue, but I don't know if this is it.

It isn't that one either.

This one?

Yeah.

And then we'll have grays.

I think it'd be beautiful to have light grays.

That?

No.

We've got these.

I don't want this or that or that or that.

Are these pretty beiges -- This works quite well for a beige.

Not that or that or that.

Are we going to want to use things like this again?

I don't think so.

Hang on.

Let's try the red that I love.

My red.

It's mouth red.

I don't use lipstick.

I use leather.

It's much simpler.

Interpreter: Cherry or something like that?

Interpreter: Why bother with lipstick?

You have to remove it afterwards.

Interpreter: Whereas that... Interpreter: Hang on.

There's something else that could work -- oranges.

No.

But now I'm redoing things I don't want to do.

For winter, we need to have volume, flexibility, lightness, layering.

The T-shirt has to be worn with the shirt, with the sweater.

At any rate, at the outset, we absolutely have to think like that.

These sketches were done just before the vacation.

This big T-shaped thing, this hoodie.

Interpreter: Patch.

Interpreter: Patch, drawcord.

If we did a puffer jacket in, say, flannel or in nylon, same thing -- big, wide.

It'll be in the large-pieces category.

This thing that I love too, which was very, very fluid.

For me, this is a silhouette too.

You know, with a very sharp, very prominent collar on a thing with no lining, no epaulets.

A bit like what we did this summer -- the second look or the third look.

Interpreter: Really supple.

Interpreter: Really supple.

Hands in the pockets, long, a small, very thin belt at the back.

This is a coat, a big thing with big snap fasteners or big buttons, big, contrasting cuffs if we use a two-ply fabric.

Long, supple, unlined, wide, and you have a really pretty finish.

Maybe here we could have a very pretty ribbon, a grosgrain ribbon, a pretty buttonhole, small snap fasteners.

Everything has to be exquisite in this simplicity, because for me, this is a great silhouette.

Round glasses, a big knit cap, trousers similar to the ones I'm wearing today -- very baggy.

It could be in the same fabric as the jacket.

I like that idea.

But you see, even in the -- And this is a good base volumewise.

If this is a base number one, we do one like this, one with a big hood, and we put the drawcord here.

See?

We'll work on a T-shaped thing, too, just like in my sketch.

We can have an applique patch here in poplin or even a little washed satin.

Then there's one that could be like this -- a bit button-up...like this... ...with a pretty military-style collar.

And this too, we can do a short version, a long version, a three-quarter-length, too.

We take a sketch, and we do eight toile with the atelier opposite.

This, for me, is a silhouette that's very us.

And same for the women's.

We put them in the same look, only they'll have a handbag, big earrings, maybe heels.

Ah.

This is my favorite AMI silhouette in 13 years.

Look number one -- AW-19, Palais de Chaillot.

See the suppleness?

At the same time, the coats weigh 12 kilos.

It's a gorgeous boiled wool.

Okay.

You see the mood?

Anyway, we've got the mood.

We already know.

[ Speaking French ] Interpreter: So I set the scene, placed my character in it, and dress them in a particular way.

And I add this lighting and this makeup and this hairstyle and this cast, plus this and this and this.

It's like cookery.

It's like cooking.

It's almost always the same ingredients, but it's never really the same dish, even though it's a bit similar each time.

It's seasoning.

Right now I'm working on the feel.

I want it to be soft.

I want it to be pleasant.

I want it to be light, to be supple.

Or I want it to be heavy or I want it to itch.

But in any case, I want to feel it.

It's a very strong feeling.

Me and the girls get on well.

We know one another.

We talk easily.

We're always in a kind of very open, very natural conversation.

When I start to identify what I want for the collection, we discuss it.

Words are enough to look for particular things, but I'm still caught by surprise, though.

Fabric is my gouache, my paint.

For example, when you put this next to this and you add this... you create an image.

I'm a bit OCD, though.

This is the first season we've had the feather duster out.

We're gonna buy a nice one, girls, eh?

[ Mid-tempo music plays ] Let's get to it.

That's great, Marie-Victoire.

I want the jewelry to wow.

[ Speaking French ] Interpreter: We need things that'll catch the light.

Light here, light here, here, and here.

I think that when we introduce these stripes, they're one of our hallmarks, too -- black and white stripes.

Because we're going to have them on the shoe heels as well.

We'll continue our exploration of stripes, which we love, actually.

[ Smooching ] Go on.

[ Smooching ] Interpreter: Kiss that one?

No.

It's out.

Interpreter: Oh, well.

Bye-bye to that.

Look how beautiful it is.

It's a ring.

It's like a you and me.

It is a you and me!

Interpreter: Absolutely.

Interpreter: You meet a guy or a girl.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

At first you love them a bit.

"Here.

Have half the ring.

I'll keep this."

Mimi, I love you.

Since our fingers aren't the same size, it works better for two boys or two girls together.

Interpreter: Yeah, for sure.

Interpreter: They're homosexuals' rings.

Interpreter: There we go.

Great.

Interpreter: Gorgeous.

Then, the day we break up... Interpreter: You give me my ring back.

Interpreter: Oh, you're cute, but... You got that?

I love that, too.

Balls.

Interpreter: Okay.

It might be good to have something soft, too, because... Interpreter: Yes.

Softness.

I love that.

What is it?

Interpreter: It's more than an earring.

Interpreter: But it's fake.

See?

I want it to be really, really bright.

Even on the little scarves, we'll add rhinestones.

It has to dazzle.

It has to -- Interpreter: Yes, in lots of places.

Interpreter: Rhinestone pom-poms.

Interpreter: A cascade of diamantés.

Interpreter: But it has to be constructed.

It really has to have a shape.

Interpreter: Really, really big rhinestones here.

Interpreter: Yes.

On both ears.

Interpreter: Okay.

The total diva look.

Interpreter: Here's Fabrizio with the shortest shorts in Paris.

He's got beautiful legs, so he shows them off.

[ Laughter ] [ Mid-tempo music plays ] Welcome to the theater.

Onstage tonight -- shoes.

Men's and women's shoes for the Autumn/Winter 2024 collection.

[ Speaking French ] Interpreter: What we've brought you are all the things we can do on the heels.

[ Speaking French ] We can do two colored stripes with lacquer and imitation wood.

We can also do all wood -- all wood on the same color.

Interpreter: Okay.

Interpreter: Two woods of different colors.

For instance, a darker wood with a lighter wood and play with the stripes.

Then there's this kind of leather strip work... or this type of herringbone effect.

These are the things we can do for our heels.

Interpreter: I think we need to go with this idea.

We've got to insist.

Let's not change things.

Interpreter: Even if it's cute?

Interpreter: No changes.

We've created the molds.

We love them.

This stiletto is gorgeous.

The tip is beautiful.

The décolleté is pretty.

We'll see it on a size-48 foot.

Interpreter: It'll look beautiful.

Interpreter: I'll wear them next time.

[ Laughter ] Interpreter: We'll get each other.

Hey, I'll put my glasses on.

That way I'll be able to change my mind and justify why I've changed it.

Oh, no, that isn't at all what I wanted!

I have a lot of fun.

I really do.

In fact, I think, and I mean this sincerely, the office is the place where I have the most fun.

I do have a nice life outside of work, though.

I have a laugh with my friends and family, but we really do have a good laugh here, because, after all, at the end of the day, if we've had a good day, it's also because we've had a lot of fun.

And fashion is a world where you have fun.

It isn't fashion otherwise.

You got to have fun.

We enjoy ourselves at work and we have a great laugh.

Interpreter: It's kind of like your theater.

Interpreter: That's right.

It's like my theater.

It's something like that.

Put little crosses on the ones I seem to like.

Right.

I do two things.

I keep this kind of riding boot quite wide, like this.

Simple, without any lacing or stuff.

Maybe with a plain heel, to have something quite classic.

Rework these things, you know, things that are quite normal with these leathers.

Interpreter: Okay, great.

Interpreter: Work on this upper.

Is that the term?

Stiff upper lip, eh?

The lacing.

Interpreter: Yes.

Very close to the leg.

Interpreter: Very close to the leg.

So, it's really contoured.

And then I'd have this up to the knee or even the thigh.

For the thigh boot, I'd keep this simple shape, and the ones that are very, very close, very contoured, even my little bootie, very close to the ankle.

I'd do them with the lacing and with our wooden heels.

I know the crepe sole is heavy.

I need to see it on a man's foot.

It looks cute, though.

Interpreter: Everything suits me.

[ Laughter ] Interpreter: You know, a girlfriend of mine once said -- totally seriously, too -- it's a nightmare.

Everything suits me.

[ Laughter ] This is the first AMI shoe.

We didn't reinvent the wheel, but mood-wise, it was awesome.

It's so Parisian.

It's Paris.

This is Paris.

So, we need to make sure we keep it elegant.

Even if we give it an oversized look, change the tailoring, make it more streetwear, it still has to be luxurious.

We can't drop this because how many was it?

Seventy-nine million pairs?

Really believable, huh?

Yes, that's it, a pair for everyone in France.

We gave them away.

Well-done for all your great teamwork.

Off you go.

Interpreter: Okay, then.

Interpreter: I don't ever want to see you again.

Interpreter: On that note, ciao.

Interpreter: It's a beautiful work, isn't it?

The artist's Spanish.

His name's Samuel Salcedo.

I asked him to make one especially for me, with the Friend of the Heart logo on the T-shirts and the shirt.

Let's start with the R&D.

This is beautiful.

It's a lovely color, too.

It's a really beautiful knit, this.

Mi piace molto.

I'm bilingual.

Did I tell you?

Interpreter: And for something a bit more special, it's like a chenille yarn.

I think it's the same, chenille yarn plus a motif.

There's this fine thread through it.

Interpreter: I like this and this, and I like the hand of this.

I think if we do this in a light jersey version, this cable Donegal knit, it'll be gorgeous.

Do you have the color range for this yarn?

Can we do what we like?

Interpreter: We have to check all the color ranges again.

Interpreter: Mi piace molto.

Karen didn't tell you, but this season we have an unlimited budget for knitwear.

[ Laughter ] Interpreter: In a similar vein, shall I take them out or show you?

Interpreter: Show me everything.

Hang on.

Interpreter: There are loads of samples.

Interpreter: That's great.

I want to see everything.

If you had this with just one color of bouclé... What bothers me, I think, is the mix of colors.

An all-white knit with a little bit of black here and there.

Interpreter: We'll find a similar yarn.

Interpreter: It's the volume, the hand, the color.

I think the textures need to be pretty impeccable.

They shouldn't be off the wall.

You know, a thigh boot, even a very, very high one with a sweater dress like this, That's beautiful, too.

Interpreter: Yes, it's super pretty.

Okay, okay, I like it.

I like the color, too.

Thank you.

It's been a fabulous first week back.

You know what?

I think we should applaud ourselves.

♪♪ It's Monday morning, and I'm going to bother them with my slightly crazy idea.

I've got an idea, girls.

Interpreter: Tell us.

Interpreter: Okay, then.

Interpreter: Tell us.

Interpreter: This shank button, here.

Take a little sweater in felted wool.

Quite short, round neck, rollneck.

And do me a simulation completely covered in gold buttons like this.

Either the big size or the small size or the big and small sizes.

Interpreter: Do you want a mix?

Interpreter: I want a mix.

It has to look like a big Christmas-tree bauble, a big Christmas tree.

These are our embroideries.

Look.

It's speckled with tiny, tiny sequins in navy blue and brown.

And we call this color "sand."

It has a very elegant shine to it because it isn't at all like what I usually do with slightly bigger sequins.

Here, too.

This is a very pretty check that I'm going to use against bare skin just in black.

They're going to make me lots of little dresses, lots of little skirts, little things like that, which we'll see under the clothes.

We're going to the other building to visit the atelier.

To check the toiles.

Hi.

How are you?

Woman: Bonjour!

Interpreter: Hello.

Are you well?

Hi, Suzanne.

Interpreter: Hey.

Interpreter: Hello.

Who haven't I met?

I don't know you.

Alexandre.

Good to meet you.

How are you?

Interpreter: Very well, thank you.

Interpreter: Hello.

How are you?

Hey, is it breakfast time?

All right.

Hello.

I made your finger crack.

Interpreter: No.

It's fine.

Interpreter: It is?

I heard it crack.

Right.

Here's our little skirt with lace.

Which part is it?

Interpreter: The lower part of the small.

Interpreter: Okay.

Pretty black and navy.

There isn't much here because the pieces are being made.

But we'll see at the fitting in two days' time.

See you later, girls.

Thank you.

The Friend of the Heart -- It was my signature when I was a kid.

I'd sign my letters and pictures with a heart and an "A," the "A" of Alexandre and the heart to say I love you, Mom.

I love you, Sophie.

I love you, Dad.

It was quite simply my little signature when I was small.

Then, when we started to grow, we figured it would be nice to have a little logo that represented the brand, represented our values, and represented me.

And for the Roofs of Paris show, I had this model where a big red heart on a white sweater.

And that's when we took off.

It was an instant hit.

Do you have the Paris Paris in the leather that I like?

Right.

So are we using this leather or not?

We're not, are we?

Interpreter: Not on that model.

Interpreter: Hang on.

I'll look at myself first with the bag.

It's beautiful with this leather.

Interpreter: It's really beautiful with it.

It's a beautiful object.

Interpreter: You see.

Didn't we say we'd add a little pocket?

Catherine Deneuve told me it would be good to have a little pocket here.

She said, "You know, Alexandre, your bag is great, but I need a little pocket."

How about this?

Interpreter: I think that's delightful.

Interpreter: Could you do this?

Look, two balls here in the corners.

Maybe just one.

Better in the middle, for sure.

[ Woman speaking French ] Interpreter: Is that the small bucket?

Have you removed the pocket inside?

Interpreter: No.

Interpreter: Absolutely not.

This is the small model.

Interpreter: Yes.

Interpreter: And this is the large model?

Interpreter: That's the first version.

Interpreter: And this?

The first version?

Interpreter: Yes.

Interpreter: But we've launched the prototypes, and we'll get them all soon?

Interpreter: Yes.

Interpreter: Yes, I'd love to create a fragrance.

Obviously, it's a natural extension of what we've been doing for a few years now.

It's a key product, and it's a product on which I take the time to work on with my heart above all.

And my nose.

[ Laughs ] Amelia, I've dropped the sweater with all the balls.

It's ugly.

It'll be ridiculous.

Interpreter: Should we try something else instead?

Interpreter: Yes.

I'd love us to try something else.

Is this the shape of the double T-shirt?

You know, the double... Interpreter: Yeah.

That's it.

At least with that.

Interpreter: But I'm not sure it should be an all over.

Hang on.

I'm trying something.

Or on the bottom of shorts?

That doesn't work, either.

How about on a pair of leather trousers?

Interpreter: Down the sides?

Interpreter: Really?

Like a strip of small balls.

I think it definitely works on leather.

What could be good is a T-shirt and big trousers with lots of balls down the sides.

It could be menswear.

I often throw ideas out there.

We get excited, work hard, find solutions.

Then I go to bed, come in the next morning, and say, "Let's drop it."

It's true though.

I'm not afraid anymore of telling you to stop.

It used to make me so sad.

Only kidding.

Shall we try something new?

Woman: Sure.

Interpreter: While we're at it?

The darts are in the right place, huh?

[ Women conversing in French ] And this is the fabric we like, too?

Interpreter: It's the real fabric.

Interpreter: Really?

Interpreter: Yes, It's the fabric that should be on that model.

Interpreter: Let's go over there.

Interpreter: It definitely isn't her style.

Interpreter: I like the fact it's a tube.

Don't we have a black tank top?

Interpreter: Do we have one?

Interpreter: Sorry, sorry.

Or something else?

This is pretty, too.

Let's see.

[ In English ] Sorry.

Can you walk, please?

Interpreter: There's a bit too much volume here, but that's something we'll check later.

Can we try the little shorts?

Interpreter: Should we remove some fabric on the sides?

Interpreter: I'm going to try something very ugly.

Are you ready?

I'm going to roll it up until it's the length I want.

So, it's going to be very short.

But I think that's what's pretty, when it's... Interpreter: Kind of panty style.

Interpreter: Exactly!

Go on.

Interpreter: That low-rise panty style look is super cute.

Interpreter: Yes.

Let's see how it looks with a coat.

Okay.

I like the little shorts.

Interpreter: You're not afraid it'll look a bit strict with a closed neckline?

Interpreter: I'm not sure about the décolleté now.

Could we put this over it just to see?

That neckline is more me.

We'll remove this.

See?

And we'll do a pretty three-hole thing, like this.

Interpreter: And sleeveless, too?

Interpreter: And sleeveless, too, yes.

Interpreter: What about the armholes?

Interpreter: The armholes a bit.

Either very...mm.

I think that's what's beautiful is that it's really this top that I love, very fitted, and then this stitching and this double layer or triple layer.

This one is short with small sleeves.

And then the long version with the double from earlier will make it sleeveless.

Woman: Okay.

Interpreter: So, we keep two dresses.

Interpreter: We keep two dresses, but they're different.

But this length is pretty.

It's short.

It's sexy.

♪♪ Interpreter: Hi, Alexandre.

I hear you dyed your hair.

Interpreter: I was in Rio, and I figured it was my last opportunity to do it.

I'm 43.

Midlife crisis.

Come help me get a few things.

We need this.

Oh, we have it in black, too.

It's good we have it in black.

Let's take it.

We'll take this.

[ Speaking French ] [ Coughs ] We're at the showroom getting the looks together.

And as I like to say, it's as if we were going to cook.

I have my ingredients here.

I haven't put the oven on yet.

I haven't preheated it, but we're starting to prepare things.

We're going to get cooking.

And that's my favorite moment.

You've been to the market.

You have all your little ingredients.

And now you have to start cooking.

I can't wait.

The feast will be served on the 18th.

Those are the little shorts.

They're better.

Yes.

Do a picture like that.

It's beautiful, this tank top.

And we have it in every color?

Great.

It's the calm before the storm.

No, not even.

There are no storms at AMI.

Everything is under control.

Woman: ♪ I don't know how to feel ♪ Interpreter: Put both on just to see.

We listen to music, and we have our little favorites.

When we're styling, it's Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey.

Come on, let's sing.

I'm a singer.

[ Vocalizing ] [ Céline Dion's "I'm Alive" plays ] ♪ When you bless the day ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You've set my heart on fire ♪ ♪ Filled me with love ♪ ♪ And make me a woman... ♪ Interpreter: Go on.

Thank you.

You're so nice.

♪ Forever and ever ♪ ♪ And ah, take me out and take me home ♪ [ In English ] Okay, let's try the pants.

Can you put this... ♪ You say I'm crazy ♪ ♪ 'Cause you don't think I know what you've done ♪ ♪ But when you call me baby ♪ ♪ I know I'm not the only one ♪ Interpreter: Could you try this on underneath?

Here.

Not bad.

[ In English ] I like the mood here.

Interpreter: With a little jacket.

The brown one with the gold buttons?

♪ Don't believe myself when I say that I don't need you ♪ A 4,000-euro embroidered skipping rope.

♪ Don't believe myself when I say ♪ ♪ So don't believe me ♪ ♪ Oh, no, there you go ♪ [ In English ] It's a cat.

It's a black cat.

Man: No, she's that girl.

Interpreter: Okay.

Interpreter: I like that.

Interpreter: Yes, I did, too.

♪ I need to be the one who takes you home ♪ ♪ One more time ♪ ♪ I promise after that, I'll let you go ♪ Man: It's fabulous.

Mattiussi: King Kong.

Interpreter: I like that.

Nice picture, no?

Interpreter: Go on.

♪♪ ♪ All by myself ♪ Interpreter: Second day of fittings.

Here it goes.

♪ All by myself ♪ [ In English ] Can I try something?

♪♪ Interpreter: There.

♪♪ That's beautiful.

[ In English ] I like that very, very much.

♪♪ Interpreter: If I don't enjoy it, there's no point in doing it.

Life is too short, and I'm lucky.

We have fun.

We have fun while we work.

All of this is very serious.

♪ If you search, you will never find... ♪ Interpreter: No.

Very nice.

Can you do a picture and then come back?

♪ You're gonna miss me ♪ ♪ I ain't got time while you sit around and play with my love ♪ ♪ 'Cause this valuable heart of mine ♪ ♪ Was yours until I realized ♪ ♪ Finally opened my eyes ♪ Interpreter: Yes.

Beautiful.

♪♪ ♪ I'm tired of being played like a violin ♪ Hang on.

♪ What do I gotta do to get in ♪ ♪ Your motherfuckin' heart ♪ ♪ Baby, like I ♪ ♪ Whoo, I ♪ ♪ Don't you stop loving me ♪ ♪ Don't quit loving me ♪ ♪ Just start loving me ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ And, babe, I'm fist-fighing with fire ♪ ♪ Just to get close to you ♪ Can you go for a picture, please?

[ Speaks indistinctly ] ♪ I'll run for miles just to get a taste ♪ ♪ Must be love on the brain ♪ ♪ That's got me feeling this way ♪ ♪ It beat me black and blue, but it fucks me so good ♪ ♪ And I can't get enough ♪ ♪ Must be love on the brain ♪ ♪ And it keeps cursing my name ♪ ♪ Cursing my name ♪ ♪ No matter what I do, I'm no good without you ♪ ♪ And I can't get enough ♪ ♪ Must be love on the brain ♪ -Thank you.

-Thank you.

Interpreter: You're so handsome.

Interpreter: Thanks a lot.

Interpreter: Go for the picture.

♪♪ [ Laughs ] ♪♪ ♪♪ And we understood the look, maybe.

We have this coat and this... Love the color.

Interpreter: I'm not stressed.

No.

We're working.

There's still plenty to do, but I'm not at all worried.

We have two whole days left.

Two and a half days to go.

Anything's possible.

Everything can still change, but it won't change.

Well, a bit.

Interpreter: Working for AMI and for Alexandre is kind of a family affair, because with all these people, it isn't a high fashion runway show.

There's a story behind it with something of everyday life.

There are moments of intimacy.

He's a terrific guy.

Interpreter: It's a phone.

[ Smooches ] A cat.

All right.

I will try.

Easy and comfortable.

Go for it.

So let's try the same energy but more casual the way you walk.

Okay.

You know, because if you dress like this and if you walk like a model, that's going to be too fashion.

It's too much.

Yes.

For me, it's about, like, you going to the opera.

Okay.

So you just walk in.

You are in a rush but more casual.

Okay.

Like you walk in the street.

♪♪ Yeah, much more better.

You remain that for tomorrow?

Yes.

♪♪ Wow.

Wait, this is actually working.

I've never done this before, like, ever.

You've never done that before?

No.

Do you want to start again?

Yeah.

It's like, here we are.

Do we have to skip after each one?

Like this.

Hand in the pockets.

The thumbs or no?

Yes.

Yes.

Put it all.

That -- Reminder, guys, for the -- Interpreter: Oh, it's Yen.

Okay.

All the labels, you... [ Whistles ] Please go.

♪♪ Nice on that.

♪♪ Nice, nice, nice.

Mm.

Beautiful.

Okay.

We have the picture.

Thank you.

Man: Open?

You have -- Thank you, sir.

[ Speaks indistinctly ] Okay.

Very nice.

Thank you.

♪♪ Interpreter: The beige just to see.

♪♪ With a brown tank top.

I'm so happy.

It's fantastic.

Thank you for agreeing.

So my story this season is, we've reproduced the facade of a Paris apartment building.

-Right.

-But just the ground floor.

It's 5:00 a.m.

Paris is coming to life.

The residents of this apartment building, the neighbors... Interpreter: They come out of a door.

Interpreter: Exactly.

It's like a little 15-minute film.

And we're going to see all the residents of this building come out one after the other.

There's a single mother.

There's the sexy guy on the fourth floor.

Every morning when you run into him, you say a little timid hello, but you totally fantasize about him.

And I really like this idea.

Well, that's how I imagine this collection.

"Rear Window."

It has a kind of Hitchcock feel to it without being voyeuristic.

There's this very realistic aspect, and it's Paris and Parisians, too.

I'll show you the invitations we sent out to everyone.

We sent a bundle of mail, as if your concierge had left it for you.

A delivery receipt.

A little love note.

"To you whom I delighted to run into every morning at 9:00 in the elevator.

You make my day beautiful.

Your neighbor on the third floor."

The invitation with a little AMI stamp.

The fake electricity bill.

AMI Good Energy.

A little bill for 9 euros, which is my lucky number.

A postcard from Rio, because I was there at Christmas.

So I'm wishing you a happy New year.

And the fake mail-order catalog.

So we'll try two or three things.

We have three ideas in mind.

Mattiussi: First, ID.

Man: The brown is beautiful.

Brown is good on you.

It's really beautiful on you.

Interpreter: It's definitely beautiful, this brown.

Perfect.

It's very pretty from the side, too.

Look.

All of this here.

And you know what?

If you're okay with it, I'd love to try it without the shirt underneath, the jacket done up and bare skin.

-Do you want me to try?

-Please?

That's nice without anything underneath.

Nice.

-I like it.

-It's nice.

People still talk to me, you know, about the dress we did together at Cannes.

It was really wild.

We made it so quickly.

That big bow was awesome.

It was kind of hectic, but it was beautiful.

Interpreter: Yeah.

It was.

Interpreter: I wouldn't touch the jacket too much, Toma, because it falls perfectly.

The back's perfect.

Perfect.

She'll need black tights.

♪♪ -That's nice.

-That's nice.

And I think we're gonna open the trousers as you can feel very comfortable.

So here, let me see.

So you don't eat tonight.

You don't eat tomorrow morning, but you can have a glass of water if you want.

Glass of wine.

Sugar.

Too much sugar, no?

Mm.

I'm joking.

Interpreter: I think we should open this.

It's stitched, but never mind.

Unpick it.

-We'll gain... -The maximum.

There we go.

Wow.

Fantastic.

When did you last walk a runway?

-A thousand years ago.

-A thousand years?

Interpreter: A thousand years easily.

[ Indistinct conversations ] Interpreter: Sorry.

We've done the picture.

Now she's going to try it with a dark brown coat.

People are going to be amazed to see you.

You know that.

But no pressure, okay?

[ Laughs ] Obviously, Lou walking for AMI is awesome.

Interpreter: Yes.

Interpreter: How about with a little handbag?

Interpreter: How do you want me to hold it, like this?

Interpreter: Yes, like that.

More like... -Like this?

-Yes.

I really like that.

Maybe we'll change the bag tomorrow, okay?

Okay.

Interpreter: It's also beautiful.

I'm so pleased.

Interpreter: Cool.

Bravo.

Interpreter: That's the skirt and that's -- It isn't same.

Interpreter: That shouldn't be there.

It goes... It's not bad long like that.

That says something interesting.

Volume-wise.

That's the measure.

Go on.

Let's try a tank top.

Mattiussi: How do you feel?

Interpreter: It's really pretty.

Interpreter: Not bad at all.

-It's really pretty.

-Right.

Interpreter: It's a pretty image to end on.

It's very elegant.

Interpreter: Yes, very.

Interpreter: You can't have a bag because -- No.

The colors are beautiful with your hair, too.

It's beautiful.

It's brown.

I like it.

-Shall we do that?

-Yes.

It's great.

♪♪ I'm doing my last... ♪♪ ...my final changes to the lineup and the looks.

I'm trying to make sure the whole is harmonious.

Everything has a meaning.

And that's what's so rich about AMI, too -- the cast, the diversity, all of these women, all of these men, younger and older models.

And that's what makes our story unique.

AMI is a brand for everybody.

Everyone can wear AMI clothes.

62 looks, and I'm look number 63.

Six plus three is nine, and nine is my lucky number.

So I'm wearing number nine.

♪♪ [ Speaking French ] ♪♪ ♪♪ That's two white.

The main lights are too white.

Totally kills the atmosphere.

They're like, boom!

I imagine it's useful for the camera, but I'd rather we had something very cinematographic and warmer.

The facade, even when the guests arrive, something a bit warm, Paris light at night.

What I'm doing now is minor adjustments.

The lighting, the window, the radiator that was too white.

All of these little things that mean your vision, your story, the film in your head is just as it should be.

And this for me is the best moment -- when you still have three or four hours to make adjustments.

Yes.

Sorry.

Interpreter: We can put the lights back on.

Interpreter: I'd like it to be centered and a bit higher.

That way people can see it from a distance.

You see?

Great.

Thank you.

That's better.

Much better.

Good job.

♪♪ The dream team.

Hey, how are you?

-Good?

-Good.

Hi, everybody.

♪♪ Can someone brush me, please?

♪♪ Yeah, that's fine.

We'll do it again later.

♪♪ Interpreter: What we're doing now, just before the show, is photographing all the collection's looks with the models, and we're going to post all the pictures on Instagram as a teaser.

Interpreter: It's at moments like these when you realize it isn't a dream.

All of this is reality, but it's a reality that was a long time in the making.

It took a lot of hard work, and it's also really lovely to know that you brought together all these people around you.

There's a real team spirit.

I love that.

And a great energy, too.

♪ Ba ba ba-da ba da ba ba ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Interpreter: Let me check on you one last time.

Shh!

♪♪ ♪♪ Interpreter: Go on.

And in the pockets.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Energy.

♪♪ ♪♪ Don't smile.

[ Clicks tongue ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Hand in the pockets, yes, like this.

-Ting.

-Ting, ting.

All good?

Interpreter: Energy.

♪♪ ♪♪ Man: Go, back and forth.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ Interpreter: Right, the finale.

Strong.

Boom, boom, boom, and bim and bam!

♪♪ Interpreter: Come on.

♪ Bup bup bup ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheering ] Interpreter: Go.

[ Cheering ] ♪♪ [ Cheering ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheering ] Interpreter: Heart!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I'm so hot.

-Hello.

-Hello.

Let me hug you.

I'm so emotional.

Interpreter: Me too.

Bravo.

It was wonderful.

Interpreter: Thank you so much.

Hey!

My old girlfriend.

Hi.

How are you?

Interpreter: Hello, Alexandre.

Interpreter: Hello.

-It was great.

-Thank you so much.

Interpreter: It was wonderful.

Interpreter: Thank you.

Thank you very much.

-Sir.

-Just in from Rio.

How are you?

Nice to meet you.

Amazing.

Incredible.

I just -- [ Speaks French ] Interpreter: I love you too.

It is so spectacular.

Interpreter: Thank you so much.

A great energy.

We had fun.

It was enjoyable.

Back there, backstage, it was crazy.

Take care.

See you soon.