Jean-Paul+Gaultier

= __ Jean Paul Gaultier __   =

= __Life__  =

** Jean Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952. He was born in Val-de-Marne, France. Jean Paul Gaultier was an only child. He spent his young life trying to escape his parents influence. Both of them were accountants. Their plan was for him to become a Spanish teacher. His grandmother was a practitioner of alternate healing, and a hypnotist. She encouraged him to pursue his pastime of costume making and sketching. For 15 years Francis Menuge was Gaultier’s business partner and lover, but at the end of the 80’s that all changed. Francis Menuge died from AIDS related causes. **   ** Gaultier’s right hand man is Lionel Vermeil. He has worked for Jean for nearly 20 years. So when Jean Paul Gaultier had an interview with The Observer in 2005 it is no surprise that Lionel had written a little something up about Gaultier. In the article “rebel with a corset” Lionel states, “if Gaultier gets upset about something, he stores it up and up until it explodes, because he so wants to be loved that he’s afraid of saying anything.” Lionel goes on to say that the interviewer will see how much of an overgrown child Jean Paul Gaultier is. **

 ** __Career__ ** == ** Mr. Gaultier never received any former training. His studies took place at Lycee d’Arcueil. Gaultier began sketching out his fashion ideas at age 14. For 2-3 years he kept sketching only until he finally got the guts to send his designs to famous stylists. [|Pierre Cardin] was one of the designers who was impressed and saw potential in Gaultier. ** == == ** Jean Paul began working in the fashion world at age 18, designing for the Pierre Cardin fashion house and working as Pierre’s assistant. After that he joined forces with the couture houses of Jacques Esterel and Jean Patou. He then produced his own collection in 1976. ** == == ** Gaultier is known for out of the ordinary models as well. He doesn’t just look for the skinniest or tallest model. Some of his other models include, older people, heavy set ladies, fully pierced, and tattooed women as well. Jean Paul likes to spice things up when it comes to models working the catwalk. ** == == ** Although much of his clothing is made for adults, Gaultier also has a [|children’s collection]. He’s into black and whites when it comes to designing for children. ** == == ** As it has been stated, Jean Paul Gaultier is known for his crazy sense of fashion and designs. His personality really shines through when he’s ready to show off his clothing. Some might say that they like his personality so much, he should have a tv show. In fact, he did. The show is named [|Eurotrash.] The late night show consists of gossip, news, and comedy. ** == == ** All in all, Jean Paul is known for his outlandish designs and funky ideas. He believed in himself at a young age and has got a great career right in his hands. Feel free to look up episodes of Eurotrash on your own time, seeing as no episodes i found were very school appropriate. ** ==

  __Famous People__ == **In 1990, Jean Paul Gaultier became world famous. He designed many outfits for Madonna including, kilts for her male back up dancers, and for her, skin tight black suits. He also designed lace corsets for her tour. And lets not forget the infamous Cone Bra he designed for her. She wore that in her Blond Ambition Tour. Gaultier designed outfits for [|The Fifth Element] which was a cult science-fiction film by Luc besson. In France, he was nominated for a Saturn award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, and he was also nominated for a Cesar film award. In November 2011, Nicole Kidman wore a beaded, gunmetal-grey column dress designed by Gaultier to the CMA Awards. That isn’t the first time she has worn designs by him. She has been wearing dresses designed by him for many years now. Rihanna is another one of his many American wearers. She wore a white and clear dress that she pulled off very well. ** ==

** __Inspiration__ ** **Jean Paul has a very outspoken mind, and he makes it very clear that he is not afraid of anything when he designs his clothing. His work is eccentric and exciting. He always keeps his fan guessing what will come next. Hes done everything from man in skirts to the infamous conical bra worn by Madonna. His work is always something new and fresh. ** **Don’t be surprised to see a parade of magnificent colors, tattooed models or giant balloons shaped into pointed bras being marched down the catwalk. His bizarre fashion sense takes beauty to an entire new level. ** **<span style="color: #00ff26; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; text-align: center;">How can someone find the inspiration for these kind of things? Well an article posted in The New Yorker, <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Fantasyland], may just have the answers. When asked his first memory of his inspiration, he responded with a story pertaining to cat food. After feeding his cat one night, he looked down to see the can, surprisingly he found beauty in this can. He felt as though the can had a great resemblance of tribal jewelry. And so, he created this jewelry. He cleaned up the can, cut out the closed side, and dipped it in a silver bath. This work is found often in his runway shows. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="color: #00ff26; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; text-align: center;">His grandmother, Marie, also played a lead role in his inspiration. He spent much time with her as a young child. She would let him watch t.v. when he visited, he would watch whatever he found suitable for that day. Some may be arguably inappropriate for a child of his age at the time. His favorite of these shows was the Folies Bergère show. Marie held marriage counseling at her home, soon enough, Gaultier started sitting in on those. His grandmother would advise the young women to try to spice of her wardrobe. The influence he obtained around his grandma could very well be the means of his fashion today. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="color: #00ff26; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; text-align: center;">Marie was very willing to help. She let young Jean Paul experiment on her. One of these experiments resulted with her hair cut and then dyed blue. She was often his model throughout his childhood and teen years. He thanks her for that, he thanks her for being interesting and eccentric. She was much more interesting of a person than any other person in his life. ** <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-size: 16px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="color: #00ff26; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; text-align: center;">But, his largest inspiration came from the world. As he would be walking down the street he would look at everything; any where he went, his eyes were wandering. He could see a homeless man sitting on the street corner, and see something beautiful in it. Women walking down the sidewalk in men’s clothing was a great interest for him. He tried to recreate many of the fashions he would see throughout his journeys. And it goes to show, his recreations were a great success. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 32px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">** __Trademarks__ ** == ** Like all great designers, Gaultier has certain trademarks to his designs and products that set him apart from the rest in a unique way. Gaultier has long since been regarded as the enfant terrible of French fashion due to his irreverent design qualities. Most of his clothing is based off of street wear with a specific focus on pop culture. This is one way he is easily identified. However, others of his collections are very formal, while unusually playful. ** ==

** Gaultier introduced “man skirts” through his design. He has encouraged the use of skirts and kilts in mens’ wardrobes through continuing to produce them in his clothing line. **
== ** Gaultier has also unconventionally broken the mold by using elderly, full-figured, and even heavily tattooed and pierced models. He has even played with the lines between gender roles in his clothing line. These are not common practices, and therefore set him **<span style="display: inline !important;">apart from the rest. ** ** ==

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