MANUFACTURE OF SILENCE

ROMANTICALLY NAMED ADIEU….

"PURPOSE IS NOTHING LESS LIKE THE THINGS THEMSELVES THAT WHAT IS VERY CLOSED”
RAYMOND RADIGUET’S SENTENCE EXTRACTED FROM “DEVIL IN THE FLESH”

ADIEU, THE BRAND, WAS BORN IN 2012 BY THE FOUNDING DESIGNERS, ISABELLE GUÉDON AND BENJAMIN CARON, WHO HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE THEIR ADOLESCENCE, WHEN BENJAMIN WAS ALREADY DRAWING SHOES.

BENJAMIN HAS ALWAYS OBSERVED AND WORN SHOES OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS, MADE FAMOUS FROM THE TEDDY BOYS TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE PUNK-ROCK SCENE OF THE 70S AND 80S FIGURES LIKE JOHN LYDON, JOE STRUMMER OR ALAN VEGA AMONG OTHERS.

IN THE LATE 90’S, AFTER LEARNING OF HAND SHOEMAKING, HE CREATED HIS FIRST COLLECTION OF BROTHEL HANDMADE CREEPERS SHOES, SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT "ABSYNTHE" IN PARIS. HE THEN CREATED ALSO A SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR THE DUNHILL CONCEPT STORE "RUE DE LA PAIX."

ISABELLE, FASHION PASSIONATE, HAS WORKED IN VARIOUS FASHION HOUSES. SHE WAS THE RIGHT ARM OF ALBER ELBAZ AT GUY LAROCHE AND THEN AT YVES SAINT LAURENT AND WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TEXTILE DESIGN DEPARTMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL OF DECORATIVE ARTS OF PARIS.

ISABELLE BRINGS THE “PARISIAN GIRL” SPIRIT TO THIS TALENTED DUO.

THE BLEND OF EXPERTLY CRAFTED LEATHER AND SIGNATURE CREPE SOLES, BENJAMIN’S BRITISH SUBCULTURES AND PASSION FOR SHOES FUSES WITH ISABELLE’S PARISIAN SPIRIT TO PUT AN ENTIRELY ORIGINAL TWIST ON CLASSIC FOOTWEAR