Faculty

Antoine Bucher graduated from the University of Lille and from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris where he grew an interest in a multifaceted approach of fashion including history, sociology, economics, literature and art history.

In 2005, he founded Diktats with Nicolas Montagne, a bookstore specialized in rare books and documents related to fashion from the 16th century to the 20th century. As manager of Diktats, he has been working with international museums and libraries, private collectors and heritage departments of luxury brands for more than a decade.

Bucher and Nicolas Montagne have published three thematic Diktats catalogues: Paul Poiret (2006), Sous la coupe des femmes, the great ladies of fashion, from Rose Bertin to Rei Kawakubo (2013), Under Pressure, three centuries of French fashion engravings (2018).

His research addresses a wide range of subjects related to the history of fashion focusing on written and visual sources.