What a shock when designer Jean Paul Gaultier announced a few days before his Haute Couture show that it would be his last! The ‘Bad Boy of Fashion’ has been at it for over 50 years and has decided to take another direction. Closing his ready-to-wear line a few years …
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Delivering two collections a year, Jean Paul Gaultier makes sure that it is really top notch and original. He delivered this season with his signature Brittany stripes and rich silks in deep colors. All around a beautiful collection! Hurray, JPG! photos: vogue
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Ever since Jean Paul Gaultier retired from Ready-to-Wear, I’ve been waiting to see his twice yearly Haute Couture collections like a crack addict waiting for their next hit… except the crack part is replaced with GLAMOUR, THANKYOUVERYMUCH. Anywho, Gaultier took a long, strange trip back to the 1960s with bold …
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This season’s collection by Jean Paul Gaultier was inspired by a very famous nightclub in Paris by the name of Le Palace, which I am guessing, was much like Studio 54 of NYC. The late seventies and early eighties shined through the collection through the silk pajama sets, punk-era hair, and lots of …
Read More »Wow… It’s really the end of an era. I remember first discovering Jean Paul Gaultier when I was still in high school during the mid -nineties …. Bjork (Debut), Madonna during her Blonde Ambition Tour and MTV’s House of Style days. I admired his ability to marry avant guard (without being …
Read More »Gaultier’s show was a parade of all the 1980’s icons in music… Madonna, Annie Lennox, Michael Jackson, Sade, Boy George, David Bowie… basically everyone who was on MTV first back when they were playing music videos and not a bunch of trashy, drunk, oompa loompa’s in their habitat. Anywho, I thought …
Read More »Amy Wino really left an impression on Jean-Paul Gaultier because dude’s entire couture collection was dedicated and inspired by her, which I found strange. The beehives, the cat eyeliner, the crackie shakes-the 50s/60s silhouettes were all part of the tribute to Amy Winehouse. The only thing missing were the ballet flats. …
Read More »If you happen to be in Montreal, you should get to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts before October 2 to see the archived collections of Jean Paul Gaultier. As a huge gaultier fan, I’m kinda bummed that this exhibit probably will not be touring in the US, at least …
Read More »I love how Jean Paul recreates endlessly the corset and evening gown. My favorite is absolutely the peach corset gown in the second photo. It’s so beautiful, down to the yummy croissants around the hips and boobs. My son would love that. During the haute couture shows, we have seen …
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