Ludovic de Saint Sernin - Designs a Sculptural Leather Chair

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Ludovic de Saint Sernin Brings Intimacy Into the Room

The first time you notice the chair, it sits in the room with quiet certainty, present without asking to be looked at, holding a kind of tension that registers before you understand why. Black leather curves into itself, suspended within a chromed frame, carrying an atmosphere familiar to anyone who knows and loves Ludovic de Saint Sernin’s work.

Chen Zi wears a dress by LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN x ZARA, a choker by MEG KIM and jewellery by BVLGARI

De Saint Sernin has always worked close to the body, attentive to skin, exposure, and the emotional charge that gathers around them. His designs speak about intimacy without explaining it, allowing sensation and structure to do the work. Translating that language into an object feels like a natural progression, one that shifts the conversation from wearing to inhabiting.

Chen Zi wears a total look by CFCL and a choker by LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN x ZARA

Spending time with the chair changes how it reads and sitting down slows the room, weight settles and posture becomes conscious. The object holds the body with clarity and intention. There is a sense of being aware of oneself, of how one occupies space, of how stillness can feel charged.

References to erotic culture are present, though they never announce themselves. They exist in the discipline of the form, in the way tension is maintained, in the quiet authority of restraint. Intimacy emerges through trust and what remains is an atmosphere, something that lingers longer than description.

Chen Zi wears a total look by SIMONE ROCHA

Chen Zi wears gloves by SPORTMAX

Chen Zi wears a coat by LUDOVIC DE SAINT SERNIN x ZARA

The chair resists behaving as an accessory, since it holds its place in a room the way certain garments hold their place in memory. It feels designed to be lived with, to gather time, to accumulate meaning slowly through use and proximity.
Each piece is signed by the designer in black ink on white, the line fluid and finished with a small heart. The gesture reads as disarmingly direct, a reminder that behind the discipline and control sits a human hand, a personal mark, an act of closeness. All profits from the limited collection support the Women’s Earth Alliance, an organization working at the intersection of environmental protection and women’s leadership. It is a quiet extension of the project’s logic, grounding intimacy in responsibility.

Seen in the context of an urban night, alongside a model dressed in black leather and denim, the chair feels at home. The scene suggests a world that understands presence, confidence, and self-awareness with no spectacle. The object belongs to that world naturally, carrying the same sense of calm intensity that defines de Saint Sernin’s universe.

creative direction PHOEBE LEE
seen SOJUNG LEE
styled PHOEBE LEE + YUNYEONG YANG
model CHEN ZI
production coordination YUNYEONG YANG
hair JUYEOP OH
make up JEONGIN LIM
make up assistant SOYEON KIM
nails SEOHYUN LEE
video ZHANG KE
special thanks SUNKYUNG HWANG