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In this file photo taken on October 4, 2005 In this file photo taken on October 02, US presents a cre- 2010 British singer Beth Ditto sings as ation by French designer Jean-Paul part of the Spring/Summer 2011 ready- In this file photo taken on May 7, 2018 (left) and Jean Paul Gaultier arrive for the 2018 Met Gala at the Gaultier during the Spring/Summer 2006 to-wear collection show of French Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. — AFP photos Ready-to-Wear collections in . designer Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris.

In this file photo taken on January 27, 2003 a model presents a creation by French fash- ion designer Jean Paul Gaultier in Paris dur- ing the presentation of Gaultier’s Men Fall- Winter 2003 ready-to-wear collection.

rench designer Jean-Paul Gaultier shocked the fashion world Friday by Fsaying his next Paris 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

In this file photo taken on January 24, 2018 Dutch model Anna Cleveland presents a creation by Jean-Paul Gaultier during the 2018 spring/summer Haute Couture collection fashion show in Paris. In this file photo taken on January 28, 2009 a Reclining on a chaise longue, Gaultier whis- model presents a creation by French designer pered, “Now I am going to give you a scoop. Jean Paul Gaultier during a Spring/Summer It will be my last couture show. You have to In this file photo taken on January 26, 2011 US 2009 Haute Couture collection show in Paris. come, you can’t miss that... but, but, but, I model Lindsey Wixson presents a creation by assure you, Gaultier Paris will go on, the French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier during the haute couture will continue. Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture Collection “I have a new concept. I will tell you Show in Paris. about it later, all the little secrets. To be con- tinued! Kisses!” Farida Khelfa, the first In this file photo taken on July 8, 2001 a model supermodel of North African origin, whose presents an outfit for Jean Paul Gaultier in career Gaultier launched, was among the first Paris during the Autumn-Winter 2001/2002 to react to the news. “Thank you maestro,” haute couture collections. she wrote on Instagram next to a picture of them arm-in-arm on the catwalk, a rose between her teeth.

‘Fiesta of fabric and flesh’ Gaultier stopped designing ready-to- wear clothes in 2015 to concentrate on haute In this file photo taken on March 19, 2019 couture-extravagant handmade clothes Spanish actress poses with an which only the world’s richest women can In this file photo taken on July 8, 2015 Dutch outfit designed by designer afford. But as late as last year, the maverick model Anna Cleveland presents a creation by Jean-Paul Gaultier for his upcoming “Fashion insisted that he had no intention of hanging Jean Paul Gaultier during the 2015-2016 Freak Show” starting March 21 at the ‘Folies up his scissors-although he despaired of ani- fall/winter Haute Couture collection fashion Bergere’ theatre with de Palma as a guest star mal rights activists pressuring him to stop show in Paris. at the Jean-Paul Gaultier workshop in Paris. using furs. “I really like the feel of fur,” he told AFP, as he confessed that he was waver- fashion and perfume business would live on, teddy bear. He was personal assistant to ing about dropping furs from his shows. “I but that 67-year-old Gaultier was stepping French fashion magnate at 18, have a charming little pussy, and I love ani- back from designing clothes himself. “Rest and rose to fame in the 1980s alongside mals, though I draw the line at crocodiles,” assured, haute couture will continue with a designers like Thierry Mugler when the Paris he said. While his couture business owned by new concept,” said the designer, who made fashion scene was at its most decadent. From pop history by putting Madonna in a conical the Catalan luxury group Puig was never a In this file photo taken on June 5, 2004 French the start he challenged gender stereotypes , invented the “man ” and brought huge money maker, his perfumes-often fea- fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier poses with and conventional ideas of beauty, once plac- body diversity to the runway. turing his impossibly handsome sailor boys- a sculpture of one his dresses made of bread by ing an advert for “atypical” models. “The American singer Beth Ditto and the continue to be bestsellers. French bakers for an exhibition at the Cartier facially disfigured should not refrain from bearded Austrian drag queen Conchita A child fashion prodigy, Gaultier said he Fondation in Paris. applying,” he added. — AFP Wurst were among the atypical models started by making showgirl outfits for his whom he charmed into his party-like shows. In this file photo taken on July 4, 2012 a model The eternal enfant terrible dropped his presents a creation by French designer Jean- bombshell in a typically jokey video mes- Paul Gaultier during the Haute Couture Fall- sage, shot as if he was giving an exclusive Winter 2012-2013 collections shows in Paris. interview to a reporter over the phone.

hen Jean-Paul Gaultier walks from T-shirts to long gowns. The French Breaking with the traditional tenets of away from fashion design, he will artists known as Pierre et Gilles immortal- beauty for fashion models, he sent over- Wleave behind a rich legacy of men ized Gaultier in his signature blue and white weight, elderly and non-white models down in , Madonna in a conical bra and lots stripes with a bouquet of flowers in his his runways. It was Gaultier who launched of sailor stripes. The famous French fashion hand. His fragrance for men “”, the career of Farida Khelfa, the first promi- designer said he will be bowing out which came out in 1995, has a bottle with nent model of North African origin, as well Wednesday with a big party to mark his 50 both the form and the colors of his idealized the generously proportioned American years in the business after his final haute sailor boy. singer Beth Ditto and the bearded Austrian couture collection hits the catwalk. AFP singer-drag queen . looks back at Gaultier’s signature style. Men in skirts A slayer of gender-based clothing tradi- The Fifth Element Madonna’s iconic cones tions, Gaultier caused a sensation in 1984 Gaultier’s inventiveness was not restrict- One of his grandmother’s old when he included skirts in his collection ed to fashion shows. His designs made their fascinated Gaultier as a child. He went on to “And God created Man”. For him, “a man way to stage and screen. He had a winning buy such restrictive undergarments in sec- doesn’t wear his masculinity on his clothes. partnership with Spanish film director ond-hand shops and decorate them with His virility is in his head.” He has used dif- Pedro Almodovar, working on his films military crosses. When music star and ferent fabrics to unpick the codes of mas- “Kika and “The City of Lost Children”. He fashion icon Madonna asked him to create culine and feminine couture. The tartan of a also created designs for French director her wardrobe for her 1990 “Blond Scottish kilt would also be used, playfully ’s 1997 sci-fi action film “The Ambition” tour, one of the pieces he creat- inviting us all to join in breaking down the Fifth Element”. In that film, which has ed for her was a pink with a conical boundaries. become a classic of French cinema, he bustier, which swiftly became the most dressed Ukrainian-born actress Milla famous piece of clothing in pop history. Different models Jovovitch with a minimalist jumpsuit, made Gaultier has embraced diversity and of just a few strips of white fabric. Her The sailor boy/girl finds beauty everywhere. In the 1980s he orange hair in the film is echoed in the out- In this file photo taken on July 7, 2006 a model In this file photo taken on July 3, 2019 a model Gaultier has been inspired by the clothes ran a small ad in the French Liberation daily fits of co-star Bruce Willis and the uniforms presents a creation by French designer Jean- presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier dur- of his youth. The sailor’s stripes were turned seeking “Atypical models. The facially dis- of McDonald’s employees.—AFP Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2006-07 ing the Women’s Fall-Winter 2019/2020 Haute into a unisex staple, adoring everything figured should not refrain from applying”. Haute Couture collections in Paris. Couture collection fashion show in Paris.