Hence his passion for Opera and theatre training

Donald clics A hub alone. Networks are its countless activities. And his Office-apartment near the place de la Bastille in Paris, is a platform where transit creators, entrepreneurs, lawyers, finance, and artists. He likes to link them by affinities and skills, form circles and teams. Especially since that three years ago, it was with luxury Agent, his company, a role in its measure: professional matchmaker.

Donald Potard is unknown: he was for twenty-nine years the crew with Jean Paul Gaultier, known to the kindergarten. When an intimate falling-out put an end to their joint adventure, former Chief Executive well tried to resume activity of leader. But without conviction. Then, he has built his new role, based on a report. "Our time research new models." Everything is to reinvent. With real talent. The new creators no longer wish to lock in a specific sector. They seek to register their imagination in the broad field of the art of living ", he says."

Donald Potard began with constitute a stable more of four creative vingts with the promise to drive off the beaten. First rallied: friends, such as Philippe Starck designed shops Jean Paul Gaultier. As Chantal Thomass, she realized in 2007 for him and the brand featured a machine to wash tufted surfaces rose countless benefits media: originality and daring enough to boost notoriety. Paco Rabanne, Jean Charles de Castelbajac and Kenzo Takada then followed. Donald Potard, whose mother was painter and the art teacher sister plastic, includes artists in its activity. Thus, he worked the Greek Aspassio Haronitaki - who has worked with Louise Bourgeois - on the image of the Nicolas Feuillate champagne.

In hyperactive, it undertakes everywhere where it is likely to find the rare Pearl. It is on the Board of Directors of the Hyères festival for young designers, Board member of the Summit of luxury and the creation of the French Institute of fashion and the creation of the city of Paris. Found both in the commission of awards to the Ministry of industry and in fashion shows fashion and trade shows around the world. It is true that each brand relaunch calls ad hoc talent. Thus, ascending fame and Alexis Mabille path and adapt to the Pyrenex relooking, brand goose clothing more than a century. The image of the talented Veronique Branquinho and Ann Valerie Hash maintains in a hype record 3 Swiss catalogue. About Alexander Mc Queen, it was all indicated for dressed glamour the bottle of Chivas. The founder of luxury Agent tackles all fields: decorating inner and outer yacht (the Gentry Eagle with the Thierry Mugler design studio), soon of jets private (with drawings of uniforms, luggage and gourmet dishes), or the identity of a hotel group. Others take seriously. He laughs. This laughter, it its wake. Discreet, polished, surprised, embarrassed, thunderous. Illuminant whenever his gaze of a note of playfulness. It is he who is the source of his complicity with Jean-Louis Dumas, ex CEO of Hermes, and the marriage of the SADDLER with Jean Paul Gaultier House in 1999 to 35 (45 since 2008). "We are all two protestants and we sang together for worship." We support both to the formula of Luther "God loves laughter". This is what close us "."

Laughter is not all: he that sleeps five hours a night and stops his sleep to note its ideas. "When a project, it will put every effort to complete, sweeping delays and obstacles, to the front, even if to expose to criticism, enmities, suspicions and gossip", says one of his former collaborators. Of course, with its generous physics, its high word and his energy, Donald Potard, taking place in society. Conscious of its image - the obsoletes in this sector is a judgment of death-, he yet do not focuses on judgments that it relates to him. Its engine "I fear more than anything of bored", blows. Hungry for eclectic readings ranging from news to philosophy in history, this good life like the vibrational States. Hence his passion for Opera and theatre - training. Donald Potard would like to become wise and virtuous as the Zarastro of the enchanted flute. But for the time, Shakespeare, considers that "the world is a stage." Every morning, a curtain Sunrise '. " This is what leads to rising early.