Talking to Monsieur Patrick Frey, you quickly get the feeling that your are in front of a man who loves what he is doing and who knows exactly what has made him move through many years of success. As the Managing Director and owner of a prestigious company creating and distributing high-end fabrics and wallpapers in pure French style, he appears calm, friendly and admirably “down to earth”. 2015 is a special year for the congenial expert with international reputation as well as for the whole “Maison Pierre Frey” in Paris: They are celebrating the 80th anniversary of the internationally known enterprise.

Patrick Frey

Competence, Agility, Humanity

Founded in 1935 by Patrick Frey’s father, the company has been run by the family since then. That’s why the actual boss can say with conviction: “The glue in the House of Pierre Frey is the family. This is what makes the music!” For him (and for many friends of a beautiful interior around the world) Pierre Frey is a house of family, a house of luxury, a house of dreams and a house of the past as well as of the future. This description also matches the three other classy labels assembled under the roof of the flagship Pierre Frey: Braquenié, Fadini Borghi and Boussac.

The philosophy of a family-led business being highly estimated by Pierre Frey is also proved by the fact that he achieved to take his three sons on the track of his competence, knowledge and passion for interior living with style. They are all working in the company supporting their father to bring his fresh and at the same time pleasant and decorative ideas into the market. It can be said that their father is giving them an excellent example for the right way to live because despite all success over many years he is staying gentle and humble connecting agility with humanity.

What happens in the
Anniversary Year

As a matter of fact, the recently launched first Pierre Frey book bearing the title “ Inspired House” is giving tits readers a profound and interesting view on the family history since the beginning. On top, it is an “Art de vivre” book with beautiful interiors, privates homes, interviews and much more to look at with pleasure. Everywhere an especially cosy atmosphere can be recognized – the same delicate atmosphere which has made the Pierre Frey products so famous and demanded over the years. The book is distributed through Abrams worldwide and on Amazon.

In the jubilee year, two new fabrics collections by Pierre Frey will be presented:

ORIGINES, a powerful collection based on art of the Australian Aborigines. Mr. Frey admires this art and it is important for him to share this passion with others. As the Aboriginal art is very protected, the designs had to be worked out hand in hand with the Aboriginal Association in order to protect and respect the artists.

NUIT ET JOUR, an entirely black and white collection. This geometric collection introduces the concept of passage from darkness to light in a restrained palette of black and natural in order to accentuate the idea of duality and alteration.

The biggest event of this anniversary year is an exposition at the Art Deco museum in Paris. A retrospective of Pierre Frey – but directed to the future. The show will point out the core values of La Maison Pierre Frey to a large public which are contemporary materials for home furnishing fabrics with stylized patterns, extreme refinement, audacity and elegance, influences crossing all borders, sophisticated charm and last but not least a very big portion of incomparable Parisian chic.