This Halloween falls on a Saturday, and it deserves better than a costume. Here are five looks from First Misfits, the Spring–Summer 2026 collection by Maison Julien Fournié, shown at the Salle Gaveau in Paris on 27 January 2026. A sea monster, a punk ghost, a haunted chandelier, a blood-spattered tuxedo and a masked rabbit: every one of them is hand-embroidered, and none of them is a disguise. To carry with them, four bags from the Maison, from €385 to €4,990.
First Misfits borrows from street art, manga and genre films rather than from the Second Empire. Its heroes are “bad boys with subverted codes” and “whimsical princesses with bewitching elegance”. In other words, the perfect cast for 31 October.
Last year we chose four creations from First Circus, from the Bloody Mary gown to the Wicked Witch of the West. This year the darkness is subtler, and more embroidered.
Halloween Chic 1: The Kraken Dress (look 26)
A sheath dress with a nude tulle bodice and a skirt in black grain de poudre wool, seized by tentacles embroidered in three dimensions from jet stone. On the hip, one pale point: the eye of the Kraken, which never sleeps.
The embroidery house Amman slipped padded cores inside certain tentacles so they lift off the fabric and move as the wearer walks. Four and a half months of work, worn on the runway by Alex Mart. Jet was the stone of Victorian mourning, long believed to absorb bad energy: the monster here is also an armour.
Halloween Chic 2: The Ghost Dress (look 18)
An asymmetrical mid-calf dress in black wool, weighted with crystals and cut with a mystery slit. Lace inlays are embroidered with lightning bolts, gunpowder nebulae and shards, as if the dress had come through a storm.
On the head, a punk crest of black feathers with a night-lightning effect. The ghost is not white and floating: it is black, electric, and very much awake.
Halloween Chic 3: Shadows Chandelier (look 23)
The haunted house in two layers. Beneath, a mini dress in gold technical satin embroidered with a ghostly, broken chandelier. Above, a smoky dress in black silk tulle with multiple inlays, embroidered with constellations and nebulae.
The gold shows only through the smoke. It is the ballroom after the last guest has left, when the candles are still burning and nobody knows who lit them.
Halloween Chic 4: The Blood-Splattered Jacket (look 19)
The heir to last year’s Bloody Mary. A double-breasted zipped jacket in black grain de poudre wool, embroidered with fuchsia crystals and spattered with embroidered blood. With it, the Signature unisex belted pants in raspberry silk satin, and a Pluton clutch in black grained leather with a gunmetal logo.
The jacket is unisex, like most of the Maison’s tailoring: it works for women and men alike. Gore, but tailored.
Halloween Chic 5: The Rabbit, Masquerade Version (look 28)
“Follow the White Rabbit”: the Rabbit returns, masked. A Signature double-breasted tuxedo in black grain de poudre wool, lit with Darktifice fire embroidery, over the Signature unisex belted pants in the same wool.
This is the look Julien Fournié reworked for the Chinese singer Joker Xue (薛之谦) on his King of Beasts Tour, styled with the Goldie jewel belt. Proof that a Halloween tuxedo can also fill a stadium.
→ Joker Xue in Julien Fournié Haute Couture · Haute Couture tuxedos and jackets
Four Bags for Halloween Night
A couture look is made to measure; a bag can be carried tonight. Four pieces from the Maison’s leather goods, from the embroidered unique piece to the evening clutch, each with a touch of darkness. Prices at the time of publication.
1. The Pirate Premier Handbag — €4,990
The bag of the pirates. Cotton, ruby leather and black grained leather, hand-embroidered with the signature tattoo of the First Misfits collection: satin stitch, metallic threads and micro-beads that lift the motif in relief. It walked the runway with look 17. Like every Haute Couture bag of the Maison, it is a unique piece, made once and never reproduced.
→ Discover the Pirate Premier handbag
2. The Elphalba Premier Handbag — €2,945
The witch’s bag. Black grained leather and emerald satin leather, embroidered with mirror-faceted emeralds and micro-faceted crystal beads. It accompanied last year’s Wicked Witch of the West, from the First Circus collection, and it still casts the same green spell.
→ Discover the Elphalba Premier handbag
3. The Bloody Mary Big Bang Go Handbag — €1,990
Blood red, by name and by colour. The Big Bang Go in deep ruby leather, the bag that went with the Bloody Mary gown on the First Circus runway. Worn on the shoulder with its adjustable strap, or carried in the hand thanks to its front tab, it has organised interior pockets and the Maison’s logo embossed on the clasp. It answers the raspberry and blood of look 19.
→ Discover the Bloody Mary Big Bang Go handbag
4. The Dark Blood Pluton Clutch — €385
The entry into the night. Black mirror-effect coated canvas with blood-red reflections, carrying the Maison’s Hexagon monogram, trimmed in black grained calf leather with gunmetal hardware. It is carried in the hand, under the arm or at the wrist on its removable strap, and slips easily from a dinner to a masked ball.
→ Discover the Dark Blood Pluton clutch · All the Pluton clutches
Wearing Haute Couture for Halloween
None of these pieces is sold off the peg. Each is made to measure in the Maison’s Paris atelier, for one person, by appointment. The runway look is a starting point: the colour, the embroidery and the cut are adjusted with the client, fitting after fitting.
The bags, on the other hand, are ready to carry: the four pieces above are in stock, with free delivery. The embroidered codes of the runway continue across the Premier handbags, whose Haute Couture versions are each a unique piece.
→ Discover the full First Misfits collection · Book a couture appointment
Halloween Haute Couture: your questions
Which Julien Fournié looks suit Halloween 2026?
Five looks from the First Misfits Spring–Summer 2026 collection: the Kraken dress (look 26), the Ghost dress (look 18), Shadows Chandelier (look 23), the blood-spattered tuxedo jacket (look 19) and the Rabbit in its Masquerade version (look 28).
Is haute couture appropriate for a Halloween party?
Yes, when the theme is carried by the craft rather than by a costume. These looks evoke a sea monster, a ghost or a haunted ballroom through embroidery, jet and crystal, so they read as evening wear first.
Can I order one of these looks?
Each runway look can be recreated to measure for one client, by appointment at the Maison in Paris. Colour, embroidery and cut are adjusted over several fittings.
Who embroidered the First Misfits collection?
The embroidery house Amman, led by Amman Shaikh, who reworks ancestral Indian techniques in coloured crystal. The Kraken dress alone took two months of embroidery.
Are these looks for women only?
No. The tailoring of First Misfits is largely unisex: the blood-spattered jacket and the Rabbit tuxedo are cut to be worn by women and men alike.
What is Maison Julien Fournié?
A Paris haute couture house founded in 2009, holder of the officially protected Haute Couture designation since 2017 — a label granted by the French Ministry of Industry on the advice of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode to around a dozen houses worldwide.
Which Julien Fournié bags go with a Halloween look?
Four pieces in stock: the Pirate Premier handbag, a unique piece embroidered with the First Misfits tattoo (€4,990); the Elphalba Premier handbag in emerald satin leather (€2,945); the Bloody Mary Big Bang Go handbag in ruby leather (€1,990); and the Dark Blood Pluton clutch with blood-red reflections (€385). Delivery is free.
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