E2

Behind this brand are the creative minds of Michèle and Olivier Chatenet, both of them French, work partners and life partners. After founding the Mariot Chalet brand together in the 1980s, they ended their working partnership, with Michèle hired by Comme des Garµons and Olivier by Azzedine Alaïa. Some time later, the two were hired by Hèrmes. In the year 2000, the brand E2 was born, a sparkling assembly of vintage clothing that was soon noticed by people in the trade. It was not an accident that Léonard, the French fashion house established in 1958, hired the couple as top designers. In 2002, their clothes were shown at the Musée de la Mode in Paris as part of the exhibit Couturier Superstars.
Lèonard does not renew the contract of the two designers.