About Julie de Libran
Julie de Libran is a child of two continents. She was born in Aix-en-Provence in France. In 1980 she moved with her family to San Diego, where she stayed for 10 years. She fell in love with fashion as a young California girl.
By her teens, she was already turning her first sketches into dresses made by local seamstresses. Back to Europe, she studied fashion at Istituto Marangoni in Milan and Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture in Paris. Her career unfolded in fashion’s two most important cities. From 1991 to 1994 she worked with Gianfranco Ferré in Milan. Gianni Versace asked her to join as his assistant in 1996.
She moved to Prada two years later. Over the course of ten years there, she oversaw Prada’s women’s ready-to-wear, made-to-measure, celebrity dressing and lingerie collections rising to Design Director as Miuccia Prada’s right hand.
In 2008 she returned to Paris. For the next six years she served as Creative Director for women’s ready-to-wear and Head of the design studio at Louis Vuitton under Marc Jacobs.
Overseeing a great house on her own was a logical next step. She took that step in 2014 when the legendary house of Sonia Rykiel tapped her as Artistic Director for a five-year run. Only one challenge remains and she is meeting it now. In June 2019, de Libran launched her own label, Julie de Libran Paris.
The philosophy of the brand: responsibility and sustainability
Julie de Libran Paris is devoted to the highest standards of design, of workmanship and of responsible, sustainable production. The fabrics come from the finest mills in Europe with whom Julie de Libran has worked for years. They come from their archives and end of rolls, upcycled and in very limited quantities. Many of these beautiful fabrics would otherwise be destroyed and lost.
Each dress is made in very limited quantities, with the option of by-appointment fittings for further modifications. This allows Julie de Libran to ensure a level of quality in construction and material that puts this collection somewhere between couture and ready-to-wear. Each dress is numbered and sold in a limited series, which eliminates wasteful overproduction.
Julie de Libran is proud to promote French know-how and craftsmanship, through her involvement with renowned jewellers such as Goossens and the solicitation of prestigious couture and embroidery houses.
Julie de Libran’s creations have a kind of timelessness that frees them from the churn of seasonal collections.These are meant to be pieces women will hold onto and cherish.
Open House & Trunk Shows
Julie de Libran has created her ‘Open House’ concept by exhibiting in a space of her choice a personally curated selection of items from brands, artists and friends chosen for their savoir faire and shared values. For each participant, Julie’s personal choices are exhibited.
The objective for the guests is to discover, in an exclusive setting, Julie de Libran’s personally curated selection of new and exclusive products from the worlds of fashion, lifestyle, art, design and travel.
The trunks shows that travel around the world are an invitation to discover a selection of unique or limited edition pieces in an exclusive setting. Physical access to our events is by invitation and appointment only but some of the ‘Open House’ selections can also be purchased via our Instagram or Whatsapp. If you’d like to be informed of our future events, please subscribe here.
JL Vintage Closet Concept
It is important for Julie de Libran to promote second-hand luxury garments. This is yet another way she has developed to support eco-responsible fashion. Julie de Libran offers for sale clothes in very good conditions from her closet. To view the latest JL Vintage Closet drop, click here.
