French Press Attaché.
Graduate of Esmod in 1982 majoring in fashion and fashion illustration,
and costume and fashion history of the 18th, 19th and 20th century.
Kuki de Salvertes debuted as press attaché at Moschino, where
he was in charge of the Europeen market until 1989. From 1989 to 1991
he assumed the responsiblities of internatinal press attaché at
Vivienne Westwood, all the while free lancing on the the side since
1984 with Marcel Marongiu and Alain Mikli, since 1984
As of 1992, at the center of Totem Press Office, created with Patrick
Girault, he contributed to the launches and to the notoriety of numerous
avant-garde designers:
Jeremy Scott, Olivier Theyskens, Benoit Méléard, Raf
Simons, Veronique Branquinho, Bernhard Willhelm, Walter Van Beirendonck,
Bruno Pieters, A.F. Vandevorst, Haider Ackermann,Christian Wijnants.
Fueled by a genuine passion for design and creation, he regularily
detects new talents even before they’ve finished their studies,
notably at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in of Antwerp, fertile grounds
from where avant-garde fashion stems.
Certain events realised for more institutionalised clients at Totem have
permitted the large public to associate and discover the creation of
the most inventive fashion.
Lydia Kamitsis, Dictionnaire international de la Mode. Ed. du Regard.