More than the raw denim or the printed tees, A.P.C. has proven itself over its 30-year history to stand for a kind of intelligent playfulness. It’s the brand where, at its Paris Fashion Week presentations, you could either find yourself serenaded by Jean Touitou on guitar or in the middle of a lecture on the unparalleled chicness of Leftist women. All to say that the options were endless on how Touitou would mark 30 years in the business and the launch of a retrospective tome, A.P.C. Transmission.






