This is a rain stick, totally useless in Brittany.
I'm Margaux de Fouchier, I'm 30 years old.
I live in Paris
and I come to this house regularly.
Here it is, a small bookcase, precious to me.
So many books we dove into when we were young.
There are a lot of CDs which I grew up with
and which I danced to a lot,
and even shouted to.
I discovered Elton John, Pink Floyd, Mozart, Vivaldi.
I would say my style is eclectic.
It's very comfortable.
I used to wear a lot of black before,
because that was my way of being a more discreet person
and not to be noticed.
Today, I increasingly want to put some colour on
because I feel it's also a nice way to introduce myself into the world
and even just for myself, in the morning,
to be a bit more positive, a bit more joyful, a bit more open.
But the more I grow, the more I think I can also recognise
what's right for me, and be a bit more daring too
and I take more risks.
We are in Brittany,
in a family house that my parents bought the year I was born.
It was falling into ruins.
So my dad, who was an architect, restored it with a lot of love.
And since my parents are no longer with me,
me and my sister are responsible for the house's maintenance.
There are lots of pictures everywhere.
My father hung these sunsets here.
I love the fact that he thought: "I'll print them, frame them, hang them."
And also, I think it's a little reminder to say to yourself:
"Don't miss the sunset tonight."
This house, since I don't have my parents anymore,
is a bit of a place of communion with them,
with the memories here.
Like these little bears which are lucky in Arizona,
that come from my family in the US.
These are little birds that my mother gave to my father.
This is a picture of my mum.
This is my first single.
There are shells everywhere in the house.
We have bowls of shells.
I guess, it's a bit like a meditation expeditions we do alone or with the family,
where we save these little treasures that wash up on the sand.
These are good memories.
This is definitely the place where I developed my passion for sunsets,
for these timeless moments,
where you meditate in front of an incredible beauty.
And I'm completely fascinated by the skies.
And I enjoy photography very much.
I tend to shoot landscapes, some architecture,
nature, indeed sunsets,
but also rays of light, etc.
And sometimes, I shoot a look, a moment that I capture.
There is an essential piece in my wardrobe, very useful to have here:
the "charentaise".
Here you go, a pair of warm slippers, very important.
More seriously, there's this piece
which is a jacket that was my mother's, Balenciaga, vintage
which I love because I can still see her in it.
I find it very strong
and at the same time, it goes through the years with great ease.
And there's a piece that's a jacket too,
made by a friend,
her name is Capucine Martin, from Martin Martin,
which is sequined
which I love right now because it reminds me of the looks for my new music project,
which is an album of disco covers, but in bossa nova.
So, I like to twist the universe of this album
with a slightly more fashionable and funky edge.
Two things I wouldn't necessarily wear in everyday life to work with clients, etc,
but that I wear on shoots or on stage.
This was my parents' room that I have now.
It's very pleasant, it has a small terrace overlooking the sea.
There's a painting over the bed that I love,
which is painted by a friend of my parents, his name is Sylvain Yeatman.
And I like the story because it depicts my dad
pulling his tie.
And there are some drawings that my father did in his early childhood,
especially the house he grew up in, which is just over there
and that's a view of the living room of that house.
He was 10 years old when he painted this and I love it.
Meditation time.
This is a rain stick, totally useless in Brittany,
that I brought from Arizona, where it's very dry.
From Tucson, to be precise,
which is the city where my grandmother and my American aunts lived for many years.
This is my grandfather's certificate, who I never knew, unfortunately,
but who, indeed, did serve in the war.
It's true that it looks like a museum, you know,
but at the same time, that's what makes the place beautiful, I think,
a family house where you can keep all these things
that tell stories, that mention the people you have known,
not known, barely known
and yet they are still part of your life.