IN WITH THE NOUVEAU; THREE UP-AND-COMING DESIGNERS ARE OUT TO MAKE THEIR MARKS IN THE CITY OF LIGHT.

Daily News Record, June, 2001 by Drier, Melissa

A new movement is taking shape in the men's fashion scene in Paris. Call it essentialism. Stephan Schneider, Christophe Charron and Sebastien Meunier are three very different designers currently striving to make their names in Paris. Nevertheless, they all have one thing in common: a commitment to what each considers the "essentials" of fashion. For Schneider, the catchword is "unpretentious." For Charron, it's "classic" and for Meunier, "geometric."Here's a closer look at the three designers and the essentialist spirit that moves them.

Stephan Schneider

Born in Dusseldorf in 1969 and trained in Antwerp, where he's had a flagship store since 1996, Stephan Schneider has participated in the Paris men's fashion show lineup for two seasons now. Not that...