Charlie Crane x Modetrotter: the grittiest collab of the season! 🐆
How did you come up with the idea and the desire to collaborate together?
Thomas Lépine: For several years, we have been offering textile collaborations on our iconic products, in particular the LEVO deckchair. We collaborated with several brands we love, mainly from the world of motherhood and early childhood, such as Louise Misha, Lucas du Tertre, Rose in April or Garbo & Friends... But this year, we really wanted to get off the beaten track by going towards more adult brands, in decoration or fashion. The girls on the team are fans of Modetrotter and immediately mentioned this brand during our office brainstorming sessions.
Marie Courroy: It's a brand that already caught my eye when I was pregnant. I dreamed of having one of their deckchairs for my daughter. It was done, and ever since then, it is a brand that I really love. When Marie, Charlie Crane's Communication Manager, suggested that we do something together, I said “yes” spontaneously.
How did the meeting between Modetrotter and Charlie Crane go?
Thomas Lépine: It turns out that we had already given Marie Courroy small chairs for her children so we were in contact on Instagram. She was presented with the idea of a collaboration on a Friday evening, at 6:40 p.m. 6:45 p.m., she replied that she was very interested!
What were your desires to imagine this collaboration?
Marie Courroy: I wanted a print that was not too “gnangnan”, not too baby. A print that I could have worn, with a little touch of fluorescent for fun. Something that would be nice to see. We chose leopard! Animal print always works. I wanted it dressed in a touch of fluorescent orange, because it's very Modetrotter. I wanted a print that was different from Charlie Crane's usual collections.
Thomas Lépine: We offered Marie two options: leopard or fluorescent, in an 80's spirit. She knew how to combine the two with her usual talent! We love the result, which is both elegant, versatile and undeniably sharp.
What other decorative objects should the Modetrotter X Charlie Crane collaboration be combined with?
Marie Courroy: In the kids' room, I have a Pierre Frey wallpaper that I love. I like the mix of prints in children's rooms, leopards and wallpaper designs for children. I love stuffed toys obviously with Jelly Cats which are the best, or Big Stuffed. I love giant stuffed animals, they are my childhood madeleines.
Thomas Lépine: An orange TOGO sofa of course! And why not a smoked glass coffee table on a fluffy white carpet with long hair.
What do you like about Modetrotter and Charlie Crane?
Thomas Lépine: Inspirations related to travel. Shootings in the four corners of the world... Modetrotter is a wardrobe that you want to wear both during a dinner with friends in Paris, as well as on a roadtrip in the USA, on vacation in Cap Ferret or with friends in Bamako.
Marie Courroy: I love their lounger, their wall-mounted changing table, and I discover their bed for children that my daughter recently adopted. I also used their deckchair and I have two adorable little chairs. I love the timelessness of their products. They are simple, effective, and beautiful.
Besides Marie, how did you choose the first names of your children, with your spouse Edouard?
Marie Courroy: I really wanted a girl whose first name was Java. Édouard had another name in mind, and neither of them gave up. We ended up drawing lots and... I won! For Robinson, I had a flash and a crush on this name. Really like a flash coming back from the market one day, it happened all of a sudden. And Édouard, who didn't really have an idea in mind, said yes right away.
How old are your children today? Do they use Charlie Crane products on a daily basis?
Marie Courroy: My daughter is 3 and a half years old. She uses the one-seater bed that she loves. My son is 2 years old and he spends his time relaxing in the deckchair, as if it were a lounge chair, with the little comforter on his legs. Really stupid!
Marie, with Edouard, what would you like to pass on to your children?
Marie Courroy: Kindness, taking care of others and loving yourself.
Marie, if you could give only one piece of advice to the primitive person that you were, the one who never had children, what would it be?
Marie Courroy: Thank goodness you can be very happy without offspring!
What is Proust's Madeleine that takes you back to childhood?
Marie Courroy: The smells. They bring back the best memories in me.
Thomas Lépine: At Charlie, it's the children of tomorrow who inspire us the most, so we're looking to the future:)
Thanks to Marie and Thomas! The collaboration is composed of the LEVO deckchair, the TOBO high chair cushion, and the KUKO bassinet.
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