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Jean Paul Gaultier is the designer celebrated for dressing Madonna in a conical bra, popularising skirts for boys and turning the French navy's famous marinière striped T-shirt into a wardrobe classic. Now about to turn 70, the designer has organised the exhibition “Ciné-mode”, at Paris’s Cinémathèque on the influence of film on his creations. FRANCE 24’s Sonia Patricelli went to meet the designer.
Jean Paul Gaultier has slammed the fashion industry for producing "ridiculous" amounts of waste, and insists his next show will focus on "recycling".
“Le Fashion Freak Show”, at Paris’s famed Folies Bergère, is a feast for the senses. There’s song, dance, acrobatics, fashion, and a lot of audacity. The show tells the story of one of the most innovative designers alive today; Jean-Paul Gaultier. Surrounded by unusual and singular personalities, he recounts the story about himself - unvarnished and taboo - in this special edition.
The real challenge for designers is finding silhouettes that reflect the spirit of the times. This year Raf Simons for Dior took a gamble, combining sartorial references from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Breaking with tradition, Jean Paul Gaultier took the figure of the bride as his central inspiration ….Quite the move for someone who’d previously only ever treated marriage as comic material!
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