ASTIER [land] by Jackie Astier

JACKIE ASTIER WAS BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK. SHE STUDIED AT PARSONS, FIT AND ESMOD IN PARIS WHERE SHE EXPLORED A RANGE OF DISCIPLINES FROM ARCHITECTURE, FINE ARTS, MERCHANDISING TO FASHION DESIGN AND INTERIOR DESIGN.

AFTER LEARNING THE ROPES ASSISTING MEGA STYLIST/EDITORS LIKE PATTI WILSON, SHE THEN JOINED MANHATTAN FILE MAGAZINE AS FASHION EDITOR WHERE SHE CONCEIVED, PRODUCED AND STYLED CELEBRITY COVER STORIES, FASHION EDITORIALS AND WROTE HER COLUMN "STYLE FILE", SIMULTANEOUSLY JACKIE COLLABORATED ON COUNTLESS MUSIC VIDEOS STYLING THE LIKES OF THE SPICE GIRLS, K.D. LANG, ALANIS MORISSETTE AND CRYSTAL WATERS TO NAME A FEW. FROM THERE SHE WAS RECRUITED TO STYLE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS REVLON, ASTON MARTIN AND L'OREAL. 

SHE LATER RELOCATED TO LONDON AND CONTINUED FREELANCING AS A FASHION STYLIST CREATING EDITORIAL FOR PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING W MAGAZINE, TANK MAGAZINE, AMICA, MARIE CLAIRE, BRITISH VOGUE AND SPANISH VOGUE.

UPON RETURNING TO NYC AFTER 6 YEARS, SHE JOINED THE TEAM AT AVENUE MAGAZINE IN COLLABORATION TO TURN THE 30 YEAR OLD SOCIAL BOOK INTO A MODERN RELEVANT MONTHLY, SHE WAS ABLE TO GAIN EXPERIENCE STYLING REAL WOMEN WITH REAL BODIES. IN 2012 SHE JOINED THE UNTITLED MAGAZINE, A BI-ANNUAL FASHION AND CULTURE BOOK AS FASHION DIRECTOR. LATER SHE CONTRIBUTED TO SPIRIT AND FLESH MAGAZINE AS FASHION DIRECTOR. JACKIE STYLED SEVERAL FASHION SHOWS FOR NYFW INCLUDING FASHION DIRECTION AND COLLABORATION WITH GILLIES MENDEL AND THE FORMER HOUSE OF J. MENDEL.

AFTER YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES, JACKIE DECIDED TO CULMINATE HER CREATIVE ENERGY AND PASSION FOR DESIGN INTO A WOMEN'S READY-TO-WEAR LINE THAT SPEAKS TO HER VARIED STYLE AESTHETICS.

JACKIE TESTED THE WATERS WITH CAPSULE COLLECTIONS SHE SOLD AT HER SUMMER POP UP STORE CONCEPT SOUTHAMPTON AS WELL AS OTHER DOORS LOCALLY. FROM THAT SUCCESS SHE MOVED FORWARD WITH ASTIER [LAND] NY FULL COLLECTIONS WHERE JACKIE CONCEPTUALIZED THE HER POINT OF VIEW AND FROM HER SKETCHES TO DELIVERING FINAL PRODUCTS TO DOORS ACROSS USA AND EUROPE, JACKIE WAS THERE HANDS ON DURING EVERY GRASS ROOTS PROBLEM SOLVING STEP.

JACKIE CONTINUES TO CREATE OUTSIDE OF FASHION, SHE JUST COMPLETED A GUT RENNOVATION OF A LANDMARK HISTORIC BARN IN EAST HAMPTON WHERE NOTORIOUS LOCALS LIKE JACQUELINE BOUVIER KEPT THEIR HORSES. THE BARN HOME WON AN AWARD SUMMER 2023