{"id":5269,"date":"2010-02-09T12:45:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T11:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=5269"},"modified":"2010-02-09T12:45:04","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T11:45:04","slug":"frederique-renaut-how-did-you-get-there-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/talking-about-bkblog\/frederique-renaut-how-did-you-get-there-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut "How did you get there?" Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/em>I was flattered and almost recompensed<\/strong> for doing an interview with Kristi Thompson<\/a> for her fabulous blog “How Did You Get There?<\/a>“. She has a great sense of humour and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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“Interview with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut,\u00a0Muse<\/h5>\n

Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut: <\/strong>(loud clap of thunder) Sorry Dad \u2013 I didn\u2019t mean to tell her, but she wouldn\u2019t shut up! (blinding lightening) You\u2019re right \u2013 no one will believe that nut job anyway. (dulcet laughter)<\/p>\n

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\nFASHION: Ahhh, Paris! If you *heart* the fashion world, or work in any creative field requiring inspiration, you must meet my next Guest Star\u2026 she\u2019s a REAL LIVE MUSE!
\nPapers seek out her Hot Off the Press Fashion Reports<\/a>, like The Demise of Christian Lacroix Fashion House<\/a>. She\u2019s worked for Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier, and even Alexander McQueen, to name a few.
\nKristi<\/strong>: (hands Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique small gift box from Tiffany\u2019s) Welcome Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut. I know you\u2019re busy Musing for fashion photographer Benjamin Kanarek<\/a>, but I\u2019ve got terrible writer\u2019s block and was wondering\u2013
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: What are you talking about?
\nKristi<\/strong>: (lowers voice) Look, I know what you are. I\u2019ve seen the movie.
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: (ignores box) What movie?
\nKristi<\/strong>: The Muse \u2013 with Sharon Stone. She plays a muse, like you, who inspires all of Hollywood, but she\u2019s finicky. She\u2019ll only work if showered with expensive gifts. (rummages inside large bag) Dagnabbit \u2013 I TOLD the sales lady that key ring wasn\u2019t good enough\u2026
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: That\u2019s ridiculous. I do Communications, Marketing Positioning and Strategy for Luxury brands.
\nKristi<\/strong>: (pulls out larger Tiffany\u2019s box) Yeah, yeah\u2013 you\u2019ve got to help me! My characters are running havoc in my head, I can\u2019t eat or sleep, I\u2019m driving my husband crazy \u2013
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: (shoves box away) I can imagine.
\nKristi<\/strong>: Just a little eensy-weensy idea, a shove in the right direction\u2026?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: (peels Kristi\u2019s fingers off her arm) I have work to do.
\nKristi<\/strong>: Alright, alright \u2013 we\u2019ll do it your way\u2014Please tell our readers what you do for a living.
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> I worked for luxury brands for 15 years, and spent the past 10 of them also doing Artistic Direction and Digital retouching for beauty & fashion shoots, and I\u2019m the Fashion and Beauty Director on www.benjaminkanarekblog.com<\/a>.
\nKristi<\/strong>: And what exactly makes you suited to working for all these luxury brands\u2026 would you say you INSPIRE them?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut: <\/strong>I\u2019d say it\u2019s my adaptability, reactivity, overview and attention to detail. As Ludwig Mies van der Rohe would say \u201cGod is in the details<\/em>\u201d
\nKristi<\/strong>: Does this detail driven God happen to be a family member of yours named\u2026 ZEUS?\n<\/div>\n

Kristi<\/strong>: The Muse has spoken\u2026 as always, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut, Thank You for Playing!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> (blank stare, starts to leave)
\nKristi<\/strong>: OK, I won\u2019t go there. Please tell us what qualities someone of your \u2018persuasion\u2019 might need on the job, or were you\u2026uh\u2026born to do this?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> I\u2019m a perfectionist. I have convictions and fight for them. Nothing worse than being a yes-man when you work with creative people!
\nKristi<\/strong>: Yes, YES!! You\u2019re so right! Wow, your life sounds like an odyssey full of excitement and adventure.
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> I guess it has been a bit of an odyssey. For 9 years, I was Media Director for the world for Issey Miyake, Jean Paul Gaultier and Narciso Rodriguez perfumes (BPI) an affiliate of Shiseido based in Paris and was responsible for the world-wide media strategy in all the traditional and new media concepts for the 3 brands.
\nKristi<\/strong>: Did this lead to *what you do* today?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> Yes, I know all about the corporate language and the problems advertisers face with social networking. Working with more than 50 countries, I dealt with managers from very diverse cultural backgrounds.
\nKristi<\/strong>: What other positions stand out in your past\u2014perhaps standing elegantly in profile while strumming a lyre?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> In the mid 90\u2019s, I worked at Louis F\u00e9raud Communication Department for 3 years. It was a wonderful chance to work with one of the last Couturiers, still running his own Fashion House. I organized more than 8 Haute Couture press shows in Paris.
\nKristi<\/strong>: Glamorous and historical!
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut<\/strong>: I also assisted Alexander McQueen for a short period of time when he was the Artistic Director at Givenchy.
\nKristi<\/strong>: As his Muse?
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> No!! I was his translator, as he had to work with French teams from the \u201cGivenchy ateliers\u201d. A very creative and talented designer!
\nKristi<\/strong>: (winks) I see\u2026 good cover.
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut: <\/strong>(rolls eyes)
\nKristi<\/strong>: Imagine, inspiring \u2013I mean *communicating* with people throughout the fashion world\u2026what a valuable experience.
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> Valuable yes, but the most exiting part is to come. Social networking is fundamentally changing how people connect. Companies are not facing an evolution but a revolution that might leave some of them on the side of the road.
\nKristi<\/strong>: Which is why I am here, pleading with you to help me, the characters in my book are revolting!
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut: <\/strong>For the last time, I can\u2019t inspire you!! I switched to fashion and photography ages ago. Besides, another one of us does literature\u2026 but you\u2019ll need a much bigger gift for her.
\nKristi<\/strong>: I KNEW IT!! (does the Happy Grecian Urn interpretive dance and twirl)
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Renaut:<\/strong> Besides, I have an exclusive Muse-ition with Benjamin Kanarek, now. (floats out of room)
\nKristi<\/strong>: (calls after) Wait, what\u2019s the other one\u2019s name? Does she have a mobile phone?
\nCheck out post via howdidyougetthere.wordpress.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My only regret after the interview was not knowing what was in the package…<\/span>
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