Through a fashion discussion, Brigitte Macron talks about her childhood and her life as a mother

Talking about yourself through your clothing habits. In an interview with Inès de la Fressange for "Le journal d'Inès", Brigitte Macron confides in her childhood, her life as a mother and her role as First Lady by discussing fashion.

As a first lady, she knows that everything she wears is carefully scrutinized and commented on. "I noticed it very early on," she says. “The clothes you wear necessarily say something about you to the other. It’s important in everyone’s daily life.” For an official ceremony, she "turns to Nicolas Ghesquière" (artistic director of Louis Vuitton's women's collections, editor's note) who "has the talent to have all the registers, from classic to exuberance". “He has always been very kind to me. He adapts his creations to my agenda and also to my morphology. I'm not a model, I'm the age I am. I have neither the posture nor the gait.

She also carries the work of other designers such as Alexandre Vauthier, Olivier Rousteing, Elie Saab and Barbara Bui. “Some send me their creations. One day, I received at the Elysée a dress designed by Charles Pottier, a young designer. I wore it a few weeks later for a ceremony,” she reveals.

Uniform during the week, trousers at the weekend

As a child, educated at the Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur school in Amiens until first year, there was “not at all the obsession with brands” and the young girl wore “a navy blue uniform ( pleated skirt, cardigan, blouse), with socks in summer and tights in winter. The pants were reserved for the weekend, “the liberation”.

Twice a year, her father would take her shopping for clothes. Her mother - her "model of elegance, just like her sister" - accompanied them to take care of the purchases of her daughter who describes herself as "rather eccentric". “It didn't have to be too short, no fluorescent color, no leather, remembers Brigitte Macron. I had the best parents one could have, but we still had codes to respect.

As a teacher, she opted for simplicity. “When you have class at 8 o'clock and you have three children, you see things differently. I lived fifteen kilometers from Strasbourg, and my three children were in three different schools, she explains. The priority in the morning was not to think about what I was going to wear. When I was a teacher, I always wore jeans, a blouse and a jacket.