Julia tells PEOPLE she's sewed over 25 "recreations" of her grandmother's sketches Jordan Greene ... about her grandma's dream of becoming a fashion designer until a few years ago.

When Milan-based furniture designer Toan Nguyen was shown a stack of Karl Lagerfeld's fashion sketches ... riffing on Lagerfeld's rounded dress and coat designs. "A soft touch - marble stone ...

Born in Taiwan, he was thrust onto the world stage as an all-but-unknown then-26-year-old designer ... in the fashion firmament. Wu took an early interest in fashion, sketching bridal dresses ...