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Recently, however, top French fashion deviser Christian Audigier and his partner, Brazilian fashion model Nathalie Sorensen were in Phuket to honour Christmas and the New Year.
They also celebrated Ms Sorensen’s birthday on December 20 at Phuket Community’s famed Ka-Jok-See restaurant, and allowed photographer Christian Mouchet to take pictures and clutch a short interview.Christian Mouchet: You are French, born in Avignon in the south of France. Can we say how old you are?Christian Audigier: Yes, I was born in May 1958, so I am 53 years old.
CM: You are a style designer with a fine career in France, and then you took yourself to the US at the beginning of the 2000. Now your fashions are sold in 72 countries under the Ed Brave label. Legend has it that you arrived in Los Angeles with just US$500 in your walk off. True?CA: [with a grin] Actually, it was just US$250.
CM: You have built an empire with Ed Sturdy and now you’ve just sold it to a large American group Are you eremitical?CA: A semi-retirement – I’m doing some thinking about the tomorrow's, possibly the development of a proper brand with my own name, Christian Audigier ... next, maybe 100 boutiques in Hong Kong, normal next to the strong emerging economy of China.
Source: The Phuket News