Julien Dossena

Julien Dossena

forward looks

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
photography by ANDERS EDSTRÖM
style by ELODIE DAVID-TOUBOUL
concept JULIEN DOSSENA and OLIVIER ZAHM
portrait by GIASCO BERTOLI

After leaving Balenciaga in 2012, French designer Julien Dossena is now revitalizing Paco Rabanne — the designer who radically futurized couture in the 1960s, by turning models into living sculptures. Dossena, 32, looks toward the future, but through the lens of sportswear technology and movement, using every innovation possible as a way to vitalize the style of the smart, creative women he champions. Dossena doesn’t idolize Paco Rabanne’s artistic vision of the future; he creates a compelling modernism in tune with the energy of the street, bringing a visual optimism into contemporary style. And he is only at the beginning of what he wants to do in fashion.

 

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