To express his era, pioneering designer André Courrèges has always set his sights beyond fashion. During the zealous '60s, this inventor of the famous little white dress and short-skirt enthusiast combined simplicity and vitality to liberate the female body with his miniskirts, pants and tights.

Beneath the metallic cover of this "book-object", the colors and materials of this cutting edge engineer-designer alternate with full-page photos by William Klein, Helmut Newton, Jeanloup Sieff and Peter Knapp, etc. Erik Orsenna offers a series of key words that sketch a portrait of the man and provide a meditation on his work.