Montreal’s international interior design show will be opening its doors tomorrow and standing behind them to welcome you will be Jean-Claude Poitras. As for the third year in a row he will be running the show as well as having his own collection being included in the Chair Show which is being held. This is having plain chairs being done up and made lovely and then auctioned off with the money made being given to the Haiti funding.
“I’m trying to give it a little panache and glamour,” he said.
“I want to dress it up properly as a reminder of my past as a fashion designer.”
To that end, he went back to his archives and discovered a photograph from his 1988 collection, which won a Fil d’or award in Monte Carlo.
Poitras chair has been bought from Ikea and been kept very basic, he has kept it 2 tone colours of black and white, and the materials are fabrics which are purposely creased.
