Even two-plus decades into his distinguished and varied fashion career, the Paris-based designer Christophe Lemaire is still very much a man of the moment. He recently stepped down from his post as the artistic director at Hermès to focus on his own namesake line, which embodies fashion’s tilt toward discretion while maintaining its own specifically French brand of chic. As it has grown in renown, Sarah-Linh Tran, Lemaire’s studio director, muse and partner, has also become more prominent, reliably appearing on tastemakers’ Pinterest and Tumblr feeds. The two met eight years ago, when Tran was still a student and Lemaire was just restarting his business. Read more