Gauthier Borsarello by Marc Medina

Fursac creative director Gauthier Borsarello is a vintage specialist with an impressive knowledge of menswear history. At times the brand feels like a special curation of the understated cool made to become tomorrow’s vintage. A mohair cardigan fit for a grunge singer, a fur jacket with “bad boy” written all over it (recycled faux fur pea coat), a Chesterfield coat that traverses London’s diverse boroughs, a jacquard vest that takes us even further north, and a spearpoint shirt collar with extra gangster appeal are standout pieces for fall. All of them were dressed with the irrelevance attitude of a Britpop star—tracksuits zipped up to the top and parkas buttoned. With an emphasis on deconstructed unlined coats, Fursac’s signature flawless tailoring this season plays with shapes over the years.

Photographer Marc Medina caught up with Borsarello backstage during Paris Fashion Week, only this wasn’t backstage of your expected fashion show, but rather a night of gigs at the mythical Parisian concert venue La Maroquinerie, including Zed Yun Pavarotti and special guest British musician and singer Miles Kane making up the eclectic mix of casting embodied in the FW24/25 collection lookbook.

What’s your favorite fashion era?

I don’t like fashion, I like garments and clothes. For my garments, I like the 60s or the 80s in Paris when the boring closets of France started to mix with the British and American lifestyle through the music. I think the 60s and 80s were the best.

The collection is made up of sartorial nods to cultural and menswear icons. Did you have a style icon growing up?

My dad was a bad dresser, but he had a uniform and I’ll my life I’m chasing my uniform. He always had the same thing, always, and I admire people with that kind of stability and I’m the opposite. You chase the opposite of what you are.

If you could bring back one trend, what would it be?

It’s not a trend, but a way of consuming. Buying a few pieces but super high quality and waiting a long time because I think the style arrives once you forget your clothes and live it with for the long term.

You are an avid vintage collector with an impressive collection, and I get the impression that it really comes down to the individual garments for you. How would you describe the Fursac vibe?

At Fursac, I do as I like. It’s Paris, France, from 60s and 80s. The core of the collection is a simple, boring French world with some fancy cool things coming from the US and style from England.

I wouldn’t say boring, I would say “elegant”, or “chic”.

You are right.

Do you have a favourite Fursac piece?

To me, it’s the tailoring, the suits. Like the fresco wool grey or navy suits. It’s my favorite, two buttons, super simple, and N/5cm lapel.

What piece of clothing would you like to keep for the next twenty years?

That’s a good question. I have 2500 pieces in my archives, so it is difficult to choose. I would say my wool long coat from Fursac in tweed.

Great! See you in twenty years!