The name is very sentimental to me – it encompasses so much of my into one small word. I grew up as a classical dancer, where there is a total focus on your hips, and your turnout, since it literally determines whether you can dance ballet. I wanted the word to give importance to the hips (hanches, in French) of a woman – of the female form, and of where obviously, a belt is worn.
For pleasure, I studied Art History in Florence and wrote a dissertation on Botticelli’s Primavera – with much of my focus being the contrapposto posture of the Three Graces. When I was on set directing a photo shoot, I heard a French photographer yell “Déhanche” to the model, and she took a pose that reminded me of this contrapposto silhouette. At that moment, I knew that was the name for my label.