Celebrating fashion and sport at the Olympic Museum

Costumes from his label Germanier made an appearance on the world stage this summer during the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games Paris 2024, including the otherworldly “Golden Voyager”, which has since joined the Olympic Museum’s collections for posterity.

The sole French representation on the catwalk was Lacoste, which presented a vintage collection curated from their archives for the first time in the history of the brand.

Visually underscoring the link between sport and style were five athletes, walking among a diverse cast of models: Swiss Olympians Léa Sprünger, Maëline Triponez and Kim Métraux, as well as rower Nicolas Chambers and Paralympian Sofia Gonzalez.

“Fashion and Sport” – as well as the museum’s new 800m2 temporary exhibition space – were officially unveiled in a ribbon-cutting by Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee; Yasmin Meichtry, Associate Director of the Olympic Museum; Bénédicte Gady, Interim Director of MAD Paris; and the exhibition’s curator, Sophie Lemahieu, also of MAD Paris.