Alexandre Mattiussi

Born in Normandy in 1980, Alexandre Mattiussi arrived in Paris at seventeen to study at École Duperré, specialising in menswear. He served his apprenticeship at Dior Homme on the 30 Montaigne line, then as first assistant in menswear at Givenchy, and later at Marc Jacobs, where he realised he could no longer afford the cashmere he was designing. In 2011 he founded AMI Paris — ami meaning friend — as an accessibly priced, effortlessly Parisian menswear label that has since grown into a global ready-to-wear house with womenswear, leather goods and a flagship retail network. He won the ANDAM Grand Prize in 2013 and chairs its jury for 2026.