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“Haute Couture, that's all there is to it.” Julien Fournié exhibits at SCAD Lacoste

Did we have to wait for SCAD Fash Lacoste, an American school based in Atlanta and Savannah (Georgia), cities not particularly renowned for fashion, to offer designer Julien Fournié his first exhibition open to the public in France? It seems that way. From April 3 to August 15, 2023, the premises of the SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design)...

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The Mumbai atelier that's the secret workshop of top French fashion

Sitting in a lotus position, four men weave glittering beads through gold thread on an organza sheet, carefully constructing a wedding dress that will soon wow crowds at Paris Fashion Week. For once, the French couturier behind the design, Julien Fournie, is determined to put these craftsmen in the spotlight: his new collection, showing in Paris...

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Fournie worships witches, 'the original feminists' in a gothic couture show

French designer Julien Fournie hailed witches as proto-feminist trailblazers who sent shivers through the patriarchy as he staged his Paris haute couture show in a church on Tuesday. The flamboyant couturier who believes that women should learn to love their curves, and knows how to make the best of them, sent out a run of models of all ages and...

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Paris Couture Week to debut US labels

Two high-end American labels will make their Paris haute couture debuts Sunday in a week when the French capital pays tribute to two of fashion's legends. New York-based Proenza Schouler and Californian house Rodarte -- who normally present their collections at New York fashion week -- have been invited into the elite haute couture fold, which...