Fashion legend Michèle Lamy opens the doors to her Parisian mansion

In this intimate new episode of Meet the Collectors, the style icon shares highlights of her idiosyncratic art collection


Icon, muse, performer, furniture designer, serial collaborator, Michèle Lamy has invented the concept of the multi-hyphen career. Immediately recognizable with her intricate tattoos and inimitable style, she was once a defense lawyer in Paris, then the owner of not one but two notorious artists hangouts in Los Angeles, before turning her hand to couture. A true powerhouse – not least in her role as co-founder of Owenscorp with her husband, designer Rick Owens – Lamy is also a keen champion of contemporary artists, from Arthur Jafa to Barry X Ball and Mark Leckey. In this new episode of Meet the Collectors, she gives Art Basel a tour of her art-filled home, Place du Palais Bourbon, in Paris. 


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