Bob Pyke from Development & Design trying out a sample in a combination of latex and suede, MEN’s size 8

Margaret Dooley, employee at John Lobb &Co., with a pair of black leather boots (UK size 4)

Installation view in “les mains san sommeil”, Palais de Tokyo

curated by Gaël Charbau

Le Collant: the thing you can’t get rid of, 2016

Set of 97 pairs of no-shoes in size, color and designs after the Jonh Lobb & Co. employees' descriptions.

A collective portrait in leather, rubber, paper, latex, glue, plaster, MDF. And a cast of a biometric recognition system machine for employees, branded as Hand Punch 3000.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr-gYDsIzQ8


with the support of Fondation d' Entreprise Hermès, Paris