Marie-Amélie Sauvé
French stylist and creative director behind Mastermind, with a long creative partnership with Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton.
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Overview
- Based
- Paris, France
- Work
- Styling, creative direction and magazine publishing
- Started
- An internship at French Vogue
- Creative partnership
- Nicolas Ghesquière, from Balenciaga to Louis Vuitton
- Independent project
- Founded Mastermind in 2017
Mini bio
How it started.
Sauvé’s mother helped arrange an internship at French Vogue. Sauvé later returned as an assistant, working with photographers including Guy Bourdin and Annie Leibovitz, before building a freelance career.
A lasting partnership.
The collaboration with Nicolas Ghesquière became a defining part of Sauvé’s work, helping shape Balenciaga’s image and continuing at Louis Vuitton after his arrival in 2013. Alongside consulting and campaigns, Sauvé held senior fashion roles at W and T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
A world beyond the runway.
In 2017, Sauvé founded Mastermind, an independent, English-language cultural review published twice a year in Paris. Its themed chapters bring fashion into conversation with art, architecture, cinema, literature and philosophy. The magazine lists Sauvé as editorial and creative director.
Opening the archive.
The 2026 monograph The World to Come gathers editorial photographs, campaigns and personal images from the Balenciaga years onward. Sauvé also curated an exhibition of photographs from Mastermind at Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris.
Creditschronological, newest first
Books and publishing
- 2026The World to Come: Visions of an Image MakerSubject of the first monograph of Sauvé’s work
- 2026Mastermind 20Editorial and creative director
- 2017MastermindFounder
- 2016T: The New York Times Style MagazineAppointed fashion director
- 2012W MagazineAppointed senior fashion editor
Runway and campaigns
- 2026Louis Vuitton spring/summer 2027Fashion editor and stylist
- 2026Missoni spring/summer 2027Fashion editor and stylist
- 2026Erdem spring/summer 2027Fashion editor and stylist
- 2026Missoni fall/winter 2026 campaignFashion editor and stylist
Exhibitions
- 2026A Decade of Mastermind at Thaddaeus RopacCurator
Awards
Quotes
Trends don’t matter. Personal and original ideas win.Marie-Amélie Sauvé, FHCM
Asked whether trends still matter in an October 2026 interview. Source: https://www.fhcm.paris/en/news/a-feel-for-fashion-marie-amelie-sauve
Trivia
- Sauvé describes Mastermind as an “idea laboratory,” according to the agency biography.
- Mastermind is organized into themed chapters, like a novel.
- Sauvé served as a fit model for Nicolas Ghesquière during the Balenciaga years.
- The LVMH Prize lists Sauvé among its 2026 experts.
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