“Once a client from a royal family cancelled an order after seeing a similar creation worn by Lady Gaga,” said the house’s director, Jean-Paul Cauvin.
“For them, exclusively is everything, and they don’t want that tainted by fame or vulgarity.”
For that reason, Fournie tends to avoid lending his dresses out to stars for red carpet events, except when the singer or actress has a style that really chimes with the “DNA of the house”.
Fournie’s film for his virtual Paris show on Tuesday is more of a teaser than a classic run through the collection.
CUT FOR ‘REAL WOMEN’
“We are not showing too much,” Cauvin said, to avoid any unseemly competition that might sometimes arise after shows when “clients really set their heart on a particular look and want to put an option on it” before anyone else does.
This time, without a formal show, it will be more about pampering the client, Cauvin added. “The couturier will have dresses in mind just for them.”
Fournie is known for designing for “real women” with “breasts and hips and not for gamines” or the androgynous clothes-hanger models that often dominate the catwalks.
“We don’t create fashion, we create personalities,” he said, as he put the finishing touches to his “Storm dress”, a silk gown entirely embroidered with goose feathers.
“Whoever wears this after the coronavirus will be like an angel returning to Earth,” Fournie declared.
“I want to help my clients fulfil their destiny, support them, and help them take flight,” he added with a flourish.
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