Fashion houses are often named after their founding designer, but Josiane Pividal went about it differently. In 1983 Josiane and her husband Joseph, an interior designer, created their label, "Lolita Lempicka", in homage to Nabokov's novel and to the painter Tamara de Lempicka. As the fashion house took off, the couple found it simpler to change their names to Lolita and Joseph-Marie Lempicka.
Lolita / Josiane was born in Bordeaux in 1954. She first learned how to sew from her mother, a trouser-maker who worked from home. In the 1970s Lolita started redesigning second-hand clothes, managing to make them look new and original. In 1984 she and her husband opened their first boutique in Paris's Marais district, and it became an instant success.
Although her designs are often inspired by the 1940s, they always strike a playful balance between the modern and the nostalgic. She became famous for her exquisitely tailored suits, infusing classical Parisian styles with fresh femininity.
The Lempicka company rapidly expanded into the international marketplace. In 1987 they signed on Kashiyama to direct their boutiques in Japan, and created a junior diffusion line, Lolita bis. In an attempt to make her clothing accessible to all ages and budgets she created a more basic line called Lolita Studio Design (L.S.D.) in 1995. Lolita has won several awards for « Parfums Lolita Lempicka » including Best Women’s Fragrance awarded jointly by the Fragrance Foundation and the American FIFI award in 1998. |
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Lolita Lempicka Perfume by Lolita Lempicka
Lolita Lempicka is an enchanting and alluring fragrance that gently balances the sweetness of ivy leaves and aniseed with delicate violet and iris root, and finishes with a smooth hint of vanilla and musk. This sensual fragrance is pure, light, and endearing. |
L De Lolita Lempicka Perfume L de Lolita Lempicka
L, the second perfume from designer Lolita Lempicka, embodies an ancient mariner myth, with the sea for a background and a mermaid for a mistress. The woman who wears it is untamed and precious, free and elusive. The scent itself is a passionate combination of everlasting flower, bitter orange, cinnamon, vanilla and precious woods. And like a treasure recovered from the deep, the aquamarine, heart-like jewel of a bottle is caught in a golden net. |
Lolita Lempicka Forbidden Flower A new object of desire, Lolita Lempicka Forbidden Flower has a pure and sensuous accord based on Absinth Flower, a mystery that combines innocence and exhilaration. With Strawberry Leaf and Mimosa Stem, the Absinth Flower accord takes hold and emerges in an invigorating and acidulous pirouette of organic notes. The heart note combines Peony, a radiant flower of wild sensuality, with the powdery abundance of Violet. Aniseed Flower subtly melds with this bouquet of petals and then releases the intoxicating vapors of Absinth. The base note reveals a voluptuous warm fruity softness, with vibrant Musks of Almond and a Morello Cherry with accents of red fruit.
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Lolita Lempicka Cologne by Lolita Lempicka, Launched by the design house of lolita lempicka in 2000, lolita lempicka is classified as a sharp, oriental, woody fragrance. This masculine scent possesses a blend of fresh and woodsy with low notes of licorice and vanilla. It is recommended for casual wear. |
Si Lolita Perfume
The perfume is presented as a "revisited masculine" and an illustration of the "cheeky temperament that spices have when put in the feminine". The perfume is said to rely on the secret fresh spiciness of sweet pea... The fragrance was composed by perfumers Christine Nagel and Benoist Lapouza of Fragrance Resources. The composition promises to offer unexpected phases of development while keeping the spicy theme running throughout in a perfume offering a blended and sensual feel.
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Fleur de Corail
A new eau de parfum in the fascinating and enchanting world of Lolita Lempicka, Fleur de Corail reveals a new kind of femininity: instinctive and original, combining nature and sensuality with the warm, exotic scent of the frangipani blossom.
This fragrance plays up contrasts. It's as fresh as a breath of air, yet at the same time it's warm and passionate. A voluptuous and sensual treat, for luxuriously scented skin, this sunny floriental fragrance sparkles like a warm summer breeze, and blossoms into the sunny fullness of exotic flowers. 1 |
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