Guest of honor at Vietnam International Fashion Week
Julien Fournié will be the guest of honor at Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Spring-Summer 2025, in which 16 local and international designers will showcase their collections on the catwalk.
This is not Julien Fournié’s first time in Vietnam. Vietnam International Fashion Week had already welcomed him in 2015, exactly 10 years ago.
« Since then ,» says the founder of this House now recognized as one of the 10 only official members of Haute Couture, « I have fine-tuned the techniques and know-hows specific to Haute Couture and I am constantly collaborating with the best craftsmen across the world. I am happy to come back to Vietnam International Fashion Week during the year when I am also celebrating my 50th birthday .»
Reaching the age of 50, Julien Fournié is now feeling completely free to reveal what has always been with him: enthusiasm, dreaming, dancing… In short, everything that has driven him and set him in motion since he was a child. In the house that bears his name and which he founded together with Jean-Paul Cauvin 16 years ago, he doesn’t really design and make fashion pieces, he creates Haute Couture outfits for characters. This is all summed up in the House’s motto: Find Your Legend.
Movies, cartoons and music from the 1990s are the roots of Julien Fournié’s main inspirations.
« When I was a young teenager, my bedroom was my shelter. It was filled with fantastic figures: small statues of superheroes, mangas, princesses… », says Julien Fournié.
« These characters have accompanied me in all my battles and they are still populating my imagination today. Of course, they have now all grown up in my mind. First Circus is meant to reveal them in full light because they have always acted as protective talismans for my creative soul .»
Julien Fournié is offering with First Circus an ultra-luxury wardrobe, including both womenswear and menswear, inspired by the characters who have haunted his imagination.
« I have put them on stage at Théâtre Mogador during Paris Haute Couture Week in an incredible theatrical show ,» says the dancing Grand Couturier.
« Now, as a guest of honor at Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week, I am very proud to showcase this collection in Ho Chi Minh City. »
From Julien Fournié’s new version of Alice’s White Rabbit, or the Princess who has broken the magic mirror, the Female Clown from a black-and-white movie, the Starship Troopers chasing the Aliens, the Constellation Queen, or the impressive Circus Ringmaster… Each of these figures could come out of an animated film. This is what continues to fascinate Julien Fournié when he is looking at the metaverse.
« Far from only considering how to integrate in the virtual world architectured garments with multiple layers of fabrics, I also want to incorporate on female and male bodies in our real world, the aesthetics of the animated films that have made us dream since childhood .»
Indeed, this is more than fashion. Down with trends! Move on towards finding the best clothing expression of your own individual self: this is the core message of Haute Couture. An independent Haute Couture House like Julien Fournié feels free to create and offer its customers legendary outfits for ladies and gentlemen who give themselves the chance to acquire them and wear them under the right circumstances.
Each look in this collection is an original work of textile art, through the mastery in its construction, but also through the selected colors and their incredible embellishments. Many craftsmen around the world contribute through their technical skills to making Julien Fournié’s fantasies come true. Just like the tailors and seamstresses in the Julien Fournié workshop, they comply with all his designs and demanding sewing technique requirements.
« My special thanks are going to Madame Trang Le, the founder of Vietnam International Fashion Week, and to Madame Tran Nguyen Thien Huong, the soul of Harper’s Bazaar Vietnam, who have been consistently supporting us over the past 10 years, as well as to all the Vietnamese friends and celebrities who have acquired and/or worn our outfits: you are always in my heart and I am very much looking forward to meeting you all in June to share the joy I find in dreaming, sketching, sewing, and performing .»
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More than a fashion brand, Maison Julien Fournié is a luxury experience that transcends trends and seasons. Driven by a commitment to excellence and innovation, Julien Fournié continuously redefines the world of ultra-luxury.
Founded in 2009, the house’s history is woven into its haute couture collections, presented in Paris every January and July during Haute Couture Week. For his debut collection, the young couturier was awarded the Grand Prize for Creativity by the City of Paris in January 2010. By his fourth collection in January 2011, Julien Fournié became a guest member of the official calendar of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture — a first step towards recognition among the great couturiers.
In January 2017, Maison Julien Fournié was officially classified as Haute Couture. This prestigious label, protected by the French Ministry of Industry, is held by only a handful of houses — currently ten — that unite the highest creativity in design with the finest standards of garment making.
Since its inception, the house has been invited to present its collections at prestigious events worldwide, bringing the couturier’s vision to luxury clients across the globe. In March 2023, a Julien Fournié gown worn by actress Audrey Fleurot entered the Musée Grévin in Paris. In April 2023, the first retrospective of Julien Fournié’s work was held at SCAD Lacoste, in an exhibition entitled Haute Couture, un point c’est tout.
While honouring tradition, Julien Fournié has forged bold partnerships with high-tech leaders such as Apple and Tencent, digitising the creation, design and personalisation of his haute couture pieces. He stands among the rare couturiers to fully master the new digital tools. Clients are no longer mere spectators of the creative process — they have become active participants in the singular experience of creating a garment, wherever they may be.
Since December 2020, Julien Fournié has been developing a line of luxury bags and accessories, initially conceived to offer the iconic pieces seen on the runway — previously reserved for haute couture clients — to a wider audience.
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