MUSE, a vision

Christian Chenail first trained as an architect, which is reflected in his fashion designs: the importance of structure, a rejection of “the purely decorative”, a willingness to make a classic vocabulary modern. These constants guide his creative approach.

1979-1983 architectural studies at the Université de Montréal
1987-1988 fashion design at Collège Lasalle
1989 first collection
1993 opening of first boutique, 4467 rue St-Denis, Montreal
1996 Prix Griffe d’Or
1993-96-97-98-99-2000/2001 received grants from Fondation mode Matinée
2003 opening of a MUSE boutique in Quebec city, 7 René-Lévesque West.

Before a collection takes shape, the “MUSE” spirit is present: sensuality, romanticism, a consideration of the needs of women, an idealistic search for harmony that is sometimes tinted by nostalgia. Each season presents the opportunity to restate my beliefs about fashion and to put a new shape on my desire to make women beautiful.
- Christian Chenail