Daenerys the Dragon Queen

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Chapter 7

Haute Couture outfit’s secrets : the Haute Couture dress of Daenerys, the queen of dragons from First Creatures

When I saw Lera Shatilova come into my design studio for casting, we all had a shock. Jean-Paul exclaimed, “That’s Daenerys, the queen of dragons from Game of Thrones!”

Like a luminescent apparition, Lera dazzled the room with her presence. Very calm, smiling, discreet, Lera imposed respect.

She was hurrying through the fittings, her distant, transparent gaze and ethereal blondness immediately reminding me why I had named this collection First Creatures.

We had her first look, but not the second, which was to be unforgettable, highlighting her plastic doll beauty, as if out of a fairy tale. Her second look had to reveal both her dark side and her icy luminosity,

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Julien Fournié’s illustration of Daenerys’ Haute Couture dress from the First Creatures collection

The workshops were putting together an incandescent Haute Couture dress, in jacquard of bleached gold Lurex, pink and azure-blue reflections in “laser game,” the fabric made by Sfate and Combier.

I had been spinning around this model for a while, without really giving it life. I was stirring…

With the arrival of Lera, a creative Big Bang operated: “We will add an azure-blue petticoat to give volume and we will build a winged back with rostrums,” I said to Jacqueline. The workshops looked at me dumbfounded. What?

Architectural dimension

While for this collection I wanted to remove everything superfluous, I was going to bring an architectural dimension to this Haute Couture dress. I asked for metal ribs and a whole set of stitching to hold this mystery back that would levitate and move organically around the dress.

And to give even more magic to this garment, everything would be suspended on tulle illusion. The metamorphosis of a young woman into an interstellar creature.

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Julien Fournié and Lera Shatilova during the preparation of the fashion show (Photo Brioda Savi)

Lera’s cold skin tone, warmed by this undulating and reflective material, will give a luminescent wow effect on the catwalk.

Nicolas and Jack only worked to highlight Lera’s beauty.

A reference to the hair jumped out at me: she will have Veronica Lake’s hairstyle, asymmetrical and curly, like in the movies of the ’40s. Nicolas, for his part, only had to make any expression disappear. He summarized: “We emptied everything: no more eyebrows, not more contours, nothing, just light and barely any shadows on the eyes to highlight her ice blue iris.”

Lera and I didn’t need to talk much to understand each other. Instinctively, she assimilated every gesture I showed her. Lera already had in her the primal elegance, always alert, but with a lot of distance, and the intensity required to present this Haute Couture dress on the catwalk.

It is for moments like this that I do this job.

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Lera Shatilova and Julien Fournié backstage before the fashion show of the Haute Couture collection First Creatures (Photo Brioda Savi).
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More than a fashion brand, Maison Julien Fournié is a luxury experience that transcends trends and seasons.

With a commitment to excellence and innovation, Julien Fournié continues to redefine the world of Haute Couture and luxury.
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