To celebrate Dom Pérignon unveiling its 2013 vintage, Lady Gaga is starring in a new campaign that portrays the synergies between a champagne vintage’s maturation and an artist moving through the creative process. Directed and scored by Woodkid (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui oversaw choreography and Nicola Formichetti styled the costumes, including a bodice made by Gaga’s sister, Natali Germanotta), the film was shot partly in Hautvillers Abbey, once home to innovative winemaking Benedictine monk Dom Pierre Pérignon.
Vincent Chaperon, the champagne house’s chef de cave (cellar master), sees champagne as a philosophy. He speaks with the considered tone of a refined craftsperson, respectful of the nearly four centuries of expertise guiding him as he explains how it takes a decade to produce relatively small quantities and how one is at the mercy of the ever-changing and unpredictable elements. Working with talent such as Gaga, he says, is necessary to reflect the ‘complexity, depth and sensation of the champagne’.
In anticipation of the launch of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2013, Wallpaper* met with Gaga at an exclusive dinner party held at a private John Lautner house in the Hollywood Hills in October 2022. Here, we share edited excerpts from our conversation.
Lady Gaga on the inspiration for the film
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Guiding Light - Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery
For some of us, family inheritances I tend to be burdensome, taking up space, emotionally and physically, in both our minds and attics. For the London-based designer and architect Joe Armitage, however, a family heirloom has taken him somewhere lighter and brighter, across generations and continents, and into the path of Le Corbusier. This is the story of a lamp designed by Edward Armitage in India 72 years ago, which has today been expanded into a collection of lights by his grandson Joe.
POLE POSITION
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URBAN OASIS
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WARM FRONT
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BALCONY SCENE
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ENSEMBLE CAST
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Survival mode
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FLASK FORCE
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BLOOM SERVICE
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SECOND NATURE
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