ONE EVENING LAST AUTUMN, ON A LONG WALK, MICHONS PAST A LOCAL ANTIQUE SHOP. SHE WAS STRUCK BY A PAINTING ON DISPLAY THERE AND WHEN SHE INQUIRED ABOUT IT, LEARNED THAT IT WAS ONE OF VAN GOGH'S "ROUGH DRAFTS" OF ONE OF HIS WELL KNOWN WORKS (AT THE TIME UNKNOWN TO THE DESIGNER), CALLED LA MOUSME. ALTHOUGH THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORK CANNOT TRULY BE VALIDATED, THE IMAGE SAT WITH MICHONS AND INSPIRED A NEW RANGE OF GARMENTS, FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES.