Prompt atelier

Serge Gainsbourg: prompts for useful visitor output.

Use these as copy-ready recipes for old money wardrobe images, campaign references, styling tests and editorial direction. Each prompt describes clothing, atmosphere, colour palette and symmetry rather than copying a person.

Spring

Left Bank Denim Tailor

Best for: wardrobe ideation, editorial mockups, collection direction and stylist briefs.

Create a spring old money Left Bank menswear editorial: original model in narrow navy blazer, pale open-collar shirt, faded denim and cognac suede boots near a Paris bookshop and café, smoky intellectual style, tactile fabric detail. Use an original model only. Do not reproduce a celebrity face, exact likeness, film still, protected photograph, or recognizable copyrighted image.

Palette:

NavyPale CottonFaded DenimCognac

Wardrobe: Narrow navy blazer · Pale open-collar shirt · Faded denim · Cognac suede boots

Summer

White Shirt, Blue Jeans

Best for: wardrobe ideation, editorial mockups, collection direction and stylist briefs.

Create a summer old money nocturne fashion editorial: original model wearing wrinkled ecru linen shirt, straight blue denim, cognac boots and navy cotton jacket on a Riviera night balcony, cinematic grain, imperfect elegance. Use an original model only. Do not reproduce a celebrity face, exact likeness, film still, protected photograph, or recognizable copyrighted image.

Palette:

EcruBlue DenimCognacNight Navy

Wardrobe: Wrinkled ecru linen shirt · Straight denim · Cognac boots · Navy cotton jacket

Autumn

Military Shirt and Corduroy

Best for: wardrobe ideation, editorial mockups, collection direction and stylist briefs.

Create an autumn old money French utility fashion editorial: original model in olive field shirt, cream tee, brown corduroy trousers, suede boots and wine scarf outside a record shop, amber streetlight, moody but classic. Use an original model only. Do not reproduce a celebrity face, exact likeness, film still, protected photograph, or recognizable copyrighted image.

Palette:

OliveCreamBrown CorduroyWine

Wardrobe: Olive field shirt · Cream tee · Brown corduroy · Suede boots

Prompt checklist

Name the season and exact wardrobe pieces.
Describe the location, light, texture and camera feel.
Ask for an original model, not a famous face.
Keep palette restrained, classic and visibly colour-matched to the named chips.
Request editorial realism over costume literalism.

Negative prompt

Avoid exact celebrity resemblance, copied film stills, copyrighted photo composition, distorted hands, text artifacts, logos, oversaturated colors, plastic skin, synthetic fabric shine and costume parody.

Reusable master prompt

Create a premium old money fashion editorial for [season] inspired by classic [mood] style. Use an original model wearing [wardrobe]. Set the scene in [location] with [lighting], [palette] and tactile natural fabrics. Editorial photography, refined composition, realistic proportions. Do not reproduce a celebrity face, exact likeness, copyrighted photo or film still. Negative prompt: Avoid exact celebrity resemblance, copied film stills, copyrighted photo composition, distorted hands, text artifacts, logos, oversaturated colors, plastic skin, synthetic fabric shine and costume parody.