Stéphane Rolland () is a French fashion designer and an

haute couture (; ; French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. The term ''haute couture'' generally refers to a specific type of upper garment common in Europe during the 16th to the ...

fashion brand. His mother worked at Pictorial Service, one of the most famous Parisian photographic studios, and he grew up surrounded by black-and-white photographs. "Everything was black-and-white; everything was about volume and contrast. My eyes were trained early on with these concepts and everything I do is about contrast, volume and movement. It’s in my DNA".

Fashion career

At the age of 20 Rolland joined

Balenciaga Balenciaga SA ( , , ) is a Spanish Basque luxury fashion house currently headquartered in Paris. It designs, manufactures and markets ready-to-wear footwear, handbags, and accessories, and licenses its name and branding to the American cosmeti ...

and within a year was promoted to the position of Creative Director of menswear and international licenses. At 24, he left Balenciaga to start his own prêt-à-porter company, which he ran for six years, until he was asked to become artistic designer for the

fashion house formerly owned by Jean-Louis Scherrer, a position he occupied for the next ten years.Stéphane Rolland interview
''Haute Couture News'' Retrieved on 28 February 2011 Rolland simultaneously worked as a costume designer. In 2006 and 2007, he was nominated for the prestigious Molière awards and became an official partner of the

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. On 2 July 2007, Rolland presented a couture collection under his own name. Rolland is a full member of the

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and therefore his brand can officially bear the "Haute Couture" label. In May 2013, Rolland opened his first boutique in the

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, Abu Dhabi.

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