Paris Haute Couture Emerging Designers : Julien Fournié
“I cried a lot making this collection”: French designer Julien Fournié put on a sexy and “ultravulnerable” woman in reaction to the pandemic, war, and rising extremism in his haute couture show on Tuesday.
The music was dramatic, and the models, draped in figure-sculpting maxi dresses, looked slightly distressed with their tousled hair and dark green lipstick. Manta rays and jellyfish were evoked in the colours and elements of some of the dresses, to evoke both fascination and dread. As with many of the collections this season, most of the looks were ultra-sexy, with plays of transparency and lots of openings on the body.
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