Something truly special for your wardrobe… The touch of artistic embroidery on your favorite garment, a one-of-a-kind original, designed especially for you and impeccably hand-crafted in the tradition of Haute Couture… Broderie de luxe sur mesure, the ultimate in luxury for those who desire no less than the best.
Welcome to Furor Brillante, a personal service providing you with an embellished, one-of-a-kind version of a beloved garment from your own wardrobe.
Furor Brillante reinvents your selected piece and transforms it into a precious creation: after a high-aesthetic embellishment process, even the simplest garment is elevated into pure luxury. Every embroidery creation is an original – never to be repeated for anyone else in the world – unique piece exuding the uniqueness of its owner. In this highly personalized process, you become the muse for your own bespoke work, for a vision which will truly express your own personality.
So treat yourself to something special… Wherever you may be, you can now have a unique garment, a timeless original created exclusively in Paris, through the skills of traditional artisanat de luxe à la française.
The force behind “Furor Brillante” is Andreas Kanellopoulos, a master craftsman in embroidery and textile embellishment, and a man dedicated to the art behind the clothes, whether that’s fashion, costume design, or accessories, whether that’s a millennial tradition, or the latest experimentation in materials and techniques…
He was born in Athens, Greece where, after a brief training in fashion design, he studied academic and technical drawing.
In 1993, moved to Paris where he got his degree in Art and Theatre History. After a successful internship at the Comédie Française, he joined the team as textile supervisor.
The theater and the opera became his life for the years that followed: as a collaborator for costume design, he contributed in various prestigious productions in France and other European countries while, at the same time, he started to explore the world of textiles, with studies in “art embroidery”.
He started designing his first limited-edition embroidered jewelry and accessories, but also his first bespoke embroidered pieces of ceremonial clothing for babies and children in 2006.
He continued to work as costume supervisor with the Bastille National Opera house in Paris until, in 2008, he decided to dedicate himself exclusively to embroidery and textile embellishment. He chose the name “Furor Brillante” – a shining fury – to defend his passion for the design of unique pieces, entirely hand-made with the traditional techniques of the French luxury craftsmanship.
Besides the Haute Couture and the luxury ready-to-wear brands, he found that there were a number of private customers who shared his love for unique items created with love, and commissioned their own one-of-a-kind, custom-made pieces.
Today, he moves on to the expansion of his sur mesure ventures, working alongside his clients to re-create clothes that are the epitome of exclusive luxury service
Andreas Kanellopoulos in person
Important Turning points in your life
1998: my internship as textile supervisor at the National Theater of La Comédie-Française in Paris, that led to a full time contract, following which i have been able to start working as a costume designer for theater and opera for the next ten years.
undoubtedly, the moment i decided to devote myself entirely to embroidery design in 2008. I had found what i wanted, and unlike the saying of Oscar Wilde, it was not a tragedy, quite the contrary.
Your Role models in arts or (any other field)
In a general way, artists - no matter the field - who have been able to surprise and create emotion not only by their art but also by their way of defending a certain "ethos" regarding their work. The passionate, devoted,resistant, rigorous and transgressing what is commonly called normality: Maria Callas, Francis Bacon to mention the two names that come firstly in my mind.
chocolat - Mitsouko by Guerlain - the surrounding fresh air while in motion early in the morning - the moment the curtain marks the end of a show - viola di gamba
Your ultimate dislike
every form of avarice, definitely
Your favorite word, color and moment
putain - dark blue - early in the morning when everything seems possible
What you wish for all the time?
Keep resisting to mediocrity and facility.
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