Julien Simar

Julien Simar
France
Bags, eyewear
Born in 1996
Graduate of the Institut Français de la Mode, Paris
Lives and works in Paris, France
simarjulien@gmail.com
IG @juliensimar

Stunt — Du bitume à la matière
There are objects that pass through our lives like silent witnesses. The scooter is one of them.
Between the ages of 14 and 17, in Mayotte, it took me everywhere. It said nothing, but it was always there. The freedom of a turn taken too fast, the sound of engines at sunset, meetings with friends, shared silences. The Stunt was more than a means of transport: it was a breath of fresh air, a source of energy, a way of existing in space. A tribe formed around this scooter, the Kawéni neighbourhood tribe. Same model, same dreams, same asphalt. We were bound together by this two-wheeler, by its simplicity, by its power. It was an extension of our bodies and our bonds.
At 17, I left the island. I left behind the familiar roads and my Stunt. But I couldn’t abandon its body, its bodywork. They were too full of memories, too marked by reality. I took them with me, like one keeps a skin that can no longer be inhabited.
Today, these pieces have become living matter. Through this collection, I transform these remnants into objects that carry stories, bags, accessories, pieces of memory and movement.
Each creation combines recycled car bodywork and leather, respecting the original curves. The grained leather, applied like a second skin, evokes the traces of a fall — the scrape on the tarmac, the friction against the world. The bodywork, once used to protect the scooter, is transformed into a structure and a memory. It envelops, supports and tells a story.
Stunt is an ode to the passing of time, to the sound of departures, to what remains when everything moves forward.