Julien Fournié

Julien Fournié is a French fashion designer and CEO of his own eponymous haute couture company founded in the summer of 2009. Previously, he was the last creative director of the Paris-based haute couture fashion house Torrente. In 2008, he was named creative director for womenswear, menswear and accessories at Ramosport.

Early life Julien has a Castilian mother and a French father. One set of grandparents were tanners. His other grandmother was a lingerie seamstress and corset maker. In January 2011, on the occasion of his first participation in the Paris Fashion Week as a "guest member", he created the event by hiring an all-black cast of models to showcase his collection entitled "Premières Couleurs" / "First Colors". Similarly, his Parisian Spring/Summer 2013 fashion show created the event by featuring a very pregnant model wearing a tight-fitting black and white dress and holding her high-heeled shoes.

His fashion show held during the "French Couture Week 2012" in Singapore unintentionally garnered the attention of the media because of the fall of one of the models, who was wearing a high slit dress with a long train and very high stiletto heels. Models also fell during his Spring/Summer 2013 and Fall/Winter 2014 fashion shows, during which a model tripped several times on her dress during the final walk.

In January 2011, the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, the governing body of the French fashion industry, granted Fournié guest member status, which allowed his company to participate in the Paris Haute Couture fashion week. In January 2017, Fournié was granted full official status as an haute Couture label, which is a protected label in France, which only 14 houses worldwide can legally use.