Julien Dossena Is Guest-Designing the Next Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Collection
The fifth designer to do so.
Months after Haider Ackermann’s successful collection, Julien Dossena is the next couturier to take over Jean Paul Gaultier, set to debut a collection on the Fall 2023 runway at Paris Couture Week.
The designer is expected to fuse his design aesthetic at Paco Rabanne with Jean Paul Gaultier’s creative DNA, as explained in a press release. “Gaultier has a really strong style — you can tell right away when it’s a Gaultier. And at the same time, there’s that never-ending research and curiosity on different themes or techniques — it could be historic or super modern and technological; it could be pop or noble with an amazing cut,” Dossena told WWD in an interview, adding that he was “genuinely excited” when he found out he would be the fifth designer to take over the couture line.
sacai’s Chitose Abe was the first name to be invited to design the couture range, followed by Y/Project and Diesel’s Glenn Martens. Balmain’s Olivier Rousteing was the third guest designer, with Haider Ackermann debuting his creations earlier this year in January.
In 2020, Gaultier announced that he would be staging his final couture show, inviting Madonna, Karlie Kloss, Coco Rocha and many more to celebrate his career. A few months later, he shared he would relaunch his couture line with a different guest designer each season.
Julien Dossena’s Jean Paul Gaultier Couture collection will be revealed during Paris Couture Week, which will run from July 3 to 6.
