Behind the light
As you know, Jean Paul Gaultier has been put in charge of designing named Creative Director for Diet Coke branding for 2012. To celebrate the occasion, he has made himself the star of the show in 3 viral films, as the Night & Day Serial Designer (see them here if you missed it) alongside 3 dolls representing the face of the brand.
The year of the dragon
An exceptional event deserves an exceptional edition! To celebrate its switch to a bi-monthly publication, the Chinese edition of Elle magazine has put Jean Paul Gaultier in the spotlight. Besides granting the Spring/Summer 2012 collection its March issue cover, the magazine also features a nine-page story dedicated to the brand.
I LOVE NEW YORK
For his Autumn-Winter 2012-13 prêt-à-porter collection, Jean Paul Gaultier has drawn his inspiration from across the pond, more specifically from downtown New York. Against a soundtrack of Nico and Lou Reed from the Velvet Underground era, the Factory years were in the spotlight under the watchful eye of Victoria Abril and Rossy De Palma...
London Calling!
Last week, the Menswear Autumn-Winter Ready-to-Wear 2012/2013 collection thrust guests onto the streets of London, somewhere between the chap style of Scotland Yard and the nonchalant rebellious look from the docks.
WE will rock you!
Don't they always say that you come back to your first love? That rule even applies to Madonna, the queen of pop, who wore Gaultier – her favourite designer for over twenty years – to the London premiere for the latest film that she directed: WE.
Hot cocoa
Did you know?
Cocoa, the perfect winter drink, is also one of the main ingredients in Kokorico.
A symbol of luxury, the drink of gods, kings and men, a currency as precious as gold...
How To Do Hats!
On Friday, November 25th the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, along with big-name Parisian dressmakers and designers (Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, Hermès, Givenchy, Lanvin…) celebrated Saint Catherine's Day...
The incredible world of Dallas!
After 4 months drawing in the crowds in Montreal, the exhibition dedicated to Jean Paul Gaultier's 35 years in fashion has just checked in its sailor stripes at the Dallas Museum of Art for the first leg of its American tour!
A book that's worth its weight in art!
Last Thursday, at the Fashion House, the launch party was held for the book The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk that we mentioned a few days ago here.
Tattoo good!
The Spring-Summer 2012 ready-to-wear show just took place last Saturday at the Jean Paul Gaultier house.
Vogue magazine captured the event in this video that captures perfectly the highly-charged yet easy-going atmosphere that always prevails at the brand's shows, both on- and off-stage.
Will you give me this dance...
Tam! Tam! tam! Boom, cha cha! Rat-a-tat Tat-TAM! Fancy listening to the rockabilly Latin rhythms of the new Kokorico film live? Wandering among beautiful women in fishnet stockings and dark dashing Spaniards full of panache?
From the street to a canopy of stars!
The Montreal Fashion and Design Festival launched events last Wednesday with an outdoor Gaultier fashion show in the heart of the Quebec city!
Sign of success
The well-named reference in fashion, Style.com, has just published a video in tribute to the last Gaultier Paris fashion show!
Installing the installations!
On June 17th, our favourite designer's exhibition opened at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Discover exclusive backstage views of the crazy installation – a work of art in itself! You will especially be surprised to see how they made the mannequins with animated faces, astonishing figures dressed by Gaultier who soliloquize, silently observe or sometimes even break into song…
Women's Ready-to-Wear Fall-Winter 2012: Your backstage pass!
Did you like the ageless middle class women who shed their clothes during the last fashion show? Would you like to know the secrets behind their gravity-defying hairstyles, their adjustable outfits and their nude make-up?