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Trained at the Lycée Octave Feuillet, a leading French featherwork brand, Julien Vermeulen is an outstanding designer who blends tradition and innovation with rare mastery. With a BTS in Fashion Design and a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts and Arts Sciences, he quickly established himself as a key figure in the world of haute couture and art.

Since 2015, Julien has collaborated with leading fashion houses, including Yves Saint-Laurent, Dior, Givenchy, Cartier, Lanvin, Schiaparelli, and Dolce & Gabbana, bringing a unique signature to each of his creations, combining delicacy and audacity. In 2020, he joined a Parisian fashion house to represent him, marking a turning point by presenting his work for the first time at the "La Promenade du Collectionneur" exhibition at the Hôtel Solvay in Brussels.

For Julien, feathers are much more than just a material: they are an infinite source of exploration. Respecting ancestral know-how, he constantly pushes technical boundaries, inventing new ways of working with feathers, whether burned, curled, colored, woven, or glued, to create works of art in their own right. Peacock, ostrich, goose, or pheasant: each feather becomes a masterpiece, whether in a painting, sculpture, or decorative object.

His work Black Ocean, created in 2017 for the Espace Toguna at the Palais de Tokyo, is a testament to this virtuosity. Composed of more than 12,000 meticulously trimmed and dyed turkey feathers, this 20 m² fresco required a thousand hours of work in just fifteen days. This feat earned him the prestigious Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand in 2018.
More recently, in 2021, Black Gem was added to the permanent collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, confirming the recognition of his talent by the art world. In 2022, he reinterpreted a console table from the Mobilier National for the exhibition "Les Alienés," creating Eden, a poetic and contemporary homage to the feather.

Julien Vermeulen perfectly embodies the marriage of excellent craftsmanship and contemporary creativity, making featherwork a living and constantly evolving art.