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Julien Dossena

  • Experimental materials
  • Sport-influenced womenswear

Julien Dossena is a French designer known for making experimental materials feel part of an everyday wardrobe. Educated at La Cambre after studying in Paris, he worked with Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga before launching Atto and taking over Paco Rabanne in 2013.

Portrait of Julien Dossena
Ward Ivan Rafik / El País Semanal · Copyrighted; see source

Five looks to know

Rabanne — Look 1 — Julien Dossena, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Rabanne — Look 1

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Rabanne — Look 8 — Julien Dossena, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Rabanne — Look 8

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Rabanne — Look 15 — Julien Dossena, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Rabanne — Look 15

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Rabanne — Look 23 — Julien Dossena, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Rabanne — Look 23

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com
Rabanne — Look 25 — Julien Dossena, Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Collection selection

Rabanne — Look 25

Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear

Representative look from the Spring 2014 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Yannis Vlamos / Indigitalimages.com

Collections & archive pieces

1 collections represented · 1 piece

Spring 2014 ready-to-wear

1 piece

About Julien Dossena

His collections brought movement, sportswear references and contemporary layering to the house’s chain-mail and molded-plastic heritage. Rather than simply reproducing its 1960s imagery, Dossena developed a broader language of texture and silhouette. He also created a guest haute couture collection for Jean Paul Gaultier in 2023.