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Jean Paul Gaultier's career did not begin with the school, not with the College of Art and Design - young, but without a doubt, a very talented teenager sends its sketches of famous designers hoping to find work and shelter. Then one day a miracle happened - he said himself, Pierre Cardin, who, after a personal meeting took 18-year-old Jean-Paul Gaultier in his team. Thus began an ambitious career: after studying at other designers and joint projects with Jacques Esterel and Jean Patou, he presented his own collection, when he was only 24 years old. This success came to Jean Paul Gaultier in 1979, thanks to the "James Bond" - clothes, stylized 60s.
Gauthier was guided by the street fashion Paris suburbs that was nonsense to the world of high fashion of the era. By itself, it was no less defiantly wore a vest and kilt, saying absurd things and sharp, but there was a man who could deny him a genius. In the early ninetiesJean Paul Gaultier creates a collection for Madonna's tour, where among other things was frank black corsets and bras with sharp conical shape. Such clothing has caused a real sensation and a lot of talk before and after performances. However, Gauthier does not stop there: he creates a series of men's outfits based on skirts, explaining his choice by the fact that the woman eventually took over virtually all the elements of a man's suit, while a man can not expanded your wardrobe through the female. His models are located on the podium in cans, with a lot of earrings and piercings, tattoos, sometimes he chooses obese women or elderly ladies for their outfits, playing attributes of sex and age, in almost every collection there is something shocking or funny. Jean Paul Gaultier is actively cooperating with film projects: creating costumes for Luc Besson's films, Pedro Almodovar and Peter Greenaway.
A collection of ready-made clothing Spring - Summer Jean-Paul Gaultier in 2010 revealed around women's underwear that is generally very popular in this season. Jean Paul gave her the name of «G-spot", which, of course, caused a lot of cues and emotions in the audience. Mainstream spring clothing - military - manifested in Gautier rather general style than in specific detail: wide overalls from rough denim clothing cold dark shades, strict short skirt khaki wide black belts and bracelets, high lace-up combat boots. However, instead of military smartness on display reigns easy negligence: unbuttoned, unlaced, loose clothes thrown over his shoulders barely covers the elegant silk lingerie and stockings most delicate shades of cream, pink, ivory, basic shapes tapered, rounded, made up of triangles.
Another topiccollection of ready-made garments Jean-Paul Gaultier in 2010 - Tropical Africa: free red dress with small applications, such as slacks, a combination of white and scarlet. Geometry clothes - crossed on his chest at an oblique angle line, free weave long flap of tissue interface with wide straps on the shoes, dressed for causing thick stockings, more similar to the army foot bindings. African extravagant accessories successfully complement the clothes: a set of broad bright bracelets from wrist to elbow, strange at first glance, the combination of ethnicity: red and turquoise, rich carrot and grassy color, lots of little ruff on the chest as an imitation pronizok with beads.
Collection Jean-Paul Gaultier Couture 2010 takes us to an entirely different continent, and perhaps in a different reality: its creation was inspired by Gaultier exhibition dedicated to the Aztec leader Montezuma and so sensational film James Cameron's "Avatar." So, we are in Mexico, we are surrounded by tropical flowers and birds, colorful butterflies, swarthy body covered with tattoos, hairstyles in the form of fancy designs and numerous braids.
Special chic collection Couture - wide-brimmed Mexican sombrero, blends perfectly with the long, narrow garments. Color - contrasting black and white, all shades of the tropics: brown wood with juicy dark green, light green, purple, blue, chess black and white drawings, soft fabrics with prints of feathers and palm leaves. Clothing is complemented by numerous decorations of turquoise: necklaces, bracelets, bags made of palm leaves.Jean Paul Gaultier takes us to the naive and primitive world close to nature: here hats and skirts made of branches and leaves of plants, bronze tanned body covered with mysterious drawings suits are combined with bright, almost childish accessories. Wide belts, raised shoulders, Mexican high boots - also distinctive featuresCollection Jean-Paul Gaultier in 2010. The woman in this dress is simple and naive as a child, but her world is full of mysterious and frightening surprises.
Maria Leo
Women's magazine JustLady