Coperni: Meet The Designer Duo Bringing Sexy Back – ELLE
Tue 12 Jul
Hot girl summer is finally upon us, and the hottest girls are all wearing Coperni. The Y2K revival’s sexiest side is in Coperni’s DNA: it’s all about standout mini dresses, sheer materials, daring cut-outs, sleek tailoring, ultra-crop tops, powder-pink latex and… a hand-blown glass bag with devil horns.
Debuted on the arm of Gigi Hadid at Coperni’s AW22 show, the bag was created in collaboration with buzzy glassware brand Heven – and catapulted Coperni from insider secret to viral fashion status, with a little help from Kylie Jenner, Doja Cat and Kim Kardashian, who all wore the bag in the space of a few weeks.
‘We didn’t expect [it] to be such a success because it’s so heavy and fragile,’ says Arnaud Vaillant, co-founder and CEO of Coperni. ‘It’s more of an art piece. But Kylie carrying it was so major. A lot of celebrities are now obsessed.’
A glass bag is the perfect metaphor for the world of Coperni, which blends technical innovation with Parisian refinement. The brand was founded by Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer, who met as fashion students at Mod’International Paris. ‘It was love at first sight,’ says Vaillant. ‘Sebastien was studying design and I was studying business, so working together came naturally. In fashion you need both the pragmatic and the magic.’