Swimmers à Paris

Paris is my spiritual home — the first city I ever traveled to on my own.

For this new silk scarf collection, I dreamed of creating pieces inspired by my favorite corners of the city. I also hoped to collaborate with a Parisian artist who shared this love. That is when I discovered the work of Sabrina Chess.

I immediately fell in love with her swimmer girls and imagined them moving through Paris.

Our first creation is The Bold Girl in Tuileries. I described a swimmer lounging on one of the garden’s iconic green chairs. Sabrina loved the idea and added her own twist — placing both the chair and the swimmer right in the middle of the pool.

“Because she’s bold,” she said.

Then came Heart of the Seine. I have always loved crossing the Seine and watching Paris from its bridges. I imagined our joyful swimmers in the river, and this vision coincided beautifully with the reopening of the Seine to swimming. Sabrina discovered the heart shape beneath the bridge, which felt like the perfect symbol for the scarf.

And then came Café de Paris. Parisian cafés are among the city’s true jewels. They are places to relax, meet a friend, chat with a stranger, sip champagne... We imagined our swimmers having the best time on the terraces and spreading joy around.

This collection is a love letter — to Paris, to freedom, and to the beauty of seeing the familiar through a playful, unexpected lens.

Love,
Selda

I’m a Fine Arts graduate living and working in Paris as an art director and illustrator.

Since co-founding Agence Demoiselles - a creative agency specializing in animated imagery - in 2006, I’ve expressed myself through illustration, graphic design, animation, and direction—across fields like television, digital, publishing, and scenography.

My creative path is a constant visual quest, often moving between joy and melancholy. At the heart of my work is the exploration of femininity and female power. I am particularly fascinated by the representation of the female body, not as an object but as a subject of power and emancipation. My works explore the multiple facets of femininity: softness and strength, vulnerability and resilience, sensuality and power.

When Selda contacted me, I loved the idea of the scarf because as an artist and illustrator, it's always great to change mediums and break free from the blank page. When we met for the first time in Paris at the Tuileries garden, I immediately felt a great connection, something obvious between us. I know we are both bold girls, so we decided to let the swimmers play on a new playground: Paris!

Love,

Sabrina