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Jean Paul Gaultier sued by Uffizi in Botticelli bottoms row

The Uffizi museum in Florence said Monday it was suing French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier for "unauthorised use" of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", its Italian Renaissance masterpiece. Painted by Sandro Botticelli in the mid-1480s, it shows the nude goddess Venus standing on a giant scallop shell, covering her loins with her long blonde...

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Jean Paul Gaultier-protege kicks off Paris fashion week

Paris Fashion Week gets underway on Monday, with a protege of Jean Paul Gaultier first on the catwalk, while the luxury world awaits the French debut of Victoria Beckham. As is traditional, the first day focuses on young designers, and the opening show of womenswear spring-summer 2023 is that of 28-year-old Victor Weinsanto, a former dancer who...

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Jean Paul Gaultier returns to ready-to-wear

When Jean Paul Gaultier closed his ready-to-wear line six years ago to focus on haute couture and fragrances, there was little suggestion the French designer would one day return. Despite his illustrious career, the once-dubbed Enfant Terrible of Paris fashion is returning with a pret-a-porter line launching this week. A post on the brand’s...

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25 Years later: Celebrating Jean Paul Gaultier's '95 Fall/Winter fashion show

It has been 25 years since Jean Paul Gaultier's 1995 most memorable fashion show. Vogue celebrates the anniversary by interviewing many of the people involved in the preparation and execution of his show. Jean Paul Gaultier himself, Claudia Huidobro, Carmen Dell'Orefice, and more look back at the innovative tech-meets-punk runway show, detailing...

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Gaultier postponing Sacai couture collection

With the couture shows now cancelled, Jean Paul Gaultier has had to delay Sacai designer Chitose Abe guest designing his next collection. Abe will now unveil her collection for Gaultier next January during the planned next couture season. Couture Week was one of several Fashion Week's to be cancelled thanks to coronavirus, in addition to Paris...

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The best of Paris haute couture

The bar for haute couture is set unattainably high. Not just the resources required to afford the most luxurious frocks made to measure, but also the craftsmanship and painstaking attention to detail needed to create the most decorative and exquisite fashion in the world. True, it may be a distraction to focus on clothes when the headlines...

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Fashion legend Jean-Paul Gaultier bows out in style

Jean-Paul Gaultier has bowed out of fashion with all the cheek and showmanship with which he has lit it up over the last half century. The legendary French provocateur bid farewell Wednesday with an hour-long feelgood musical spectacular with an orchestra and a cast of hundreds to celebrate the friends and the often outrageous looks that helped...

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Sailor-stripes, men in skirts, and Madonna cone bra: signature Gaultier styles

When Jean-Paul Gaultier walks away from fashion design, he will leave behind a rich legacy of men in skirts, Madonna in a conical bra and lots of sailor stripes. The famous French fashion designer said he will be bowing out Wednesday with a big party to mark his 50 years in the business after his final haute couture collection hits the catwalk....

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Upcoming Jean-Paul Gaultier fashion show to be his last

French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier said Friday that his next Paris haute couture fashion show will be his last. The flamboyant creator said he would be bowing out Wednesday with a big party to mark his 50 years in the business after his latest collection hits the catwalk. His brand told AFP that his high-end fashion and perfume business would...

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Haute couture turns back on fur, both real and fake

Something rather significant was missing from the Paris haute couture shows which wrapped up on Wednesday night -- fur. Beyond the guest appearance of American designer Ralph Rucci, there was none of the luxuriantly sensual mink, fox or sable that for decades defined the autumn winter collections of the elite Paris shows. More significant still,...

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Fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier says he could go back on fur ban

French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier said Wednesday he could go back to using fur if he could be sure it was entirely traceable. The flamboyant creator announced in November he was renouncing fur, a move hailed as a major victory by animal rights groups like PETA who have previously tried to disrupt one of his shows and occupied his Paris...

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Video: Irina Shayk chooses her outfit for dinner with Jean Paul Gaultier

Supermodel Irina Shayk is on her way to meet Jean Paul Gaultier for dinner in Paris to celebrate his fragrance 'Scandal' but first she needs to find the perfect outfit. We ordered room service with her at her 5 star suite while she got ready. Source: Youtube, Vogue