Brigitte Macron’s Stylist: Man of Mystery
But as the stylist that Brigitte Macron — the first lady of France, one of the inspirations for the new acronym WHIP ("women who are hot, intelligent
and in their prime") — enlisted, Mathieu Barthelat Colin has somewhat different priorities.
It’s as if the 34-year-old materialized out of nowhere when, in June, the website of the French magazine Gala posted a video in which the tall,
dashing, bearded stylist was shown (for a couple of seconds) helping a candidate for the French version of "The Bachelor" into a white jacket.
But recently she has also taken to wearing sharp jackets by lesser known designers
and labels: Alexandre Vauthier (in red or black), Stéfanie Renoma (powder blue) and the tailoring specialist Pallas (beige, at the G20 meeting in July in Hamburg, Germany), the better to cast a halo around a larger group of French names.
On a state visit to Greece in September she was spotted wearing a Greek-coin "Profile" ring by Marc Auclert, whose designs incorporate antique artifacts
and who is one of the few designers willing to discuss the effect of her favor.
The first lady has been loyal to Louis Vuitton, wearing designs by its artistic director, Nicolas
Ghesquière, a friend whose runway shows she attended before becoming a public figure.
