Son of Véronique Zuber, actress and model, elected Miss France in 1955 and of Ted Lapidus, one of the iconic designers of the 70s. His aunt, Rose Met, founded the Haute Couture brand Torrente.
Véronique Zuber, elected Miss France in 1955 and on the cover of MARIE FRANCE in 1959.
Olivier posing for his father with his cousin Sophie (1970).
From his parents, Olivier inherited two passions: cinema and haute couture. After a stint in preparatory classes (hypokhâgne), he graduated from the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.
Ted and Olivier photographed by Jean-Daniel Lorieux in 1968 in “La Rotonde” the design studio of the boutique at 37 avenue Pierre Premier de Serbie in Paris.
It was at Balmain Homme that he made his debut. In Japan, he was soon designing collections distributed in 350 stores of the Miki group.
Asked in 1989 to take over the artistic direction of the Couture House founded by his father, he remained there until 2000. The date on which he became independent.
