The clothes do not necessarily make the monk, and Jean-Paul Gaultier is well placed to trumpet it. The famous couturier put an end to the catwalks on Wednesday January 22, 2020, after fifty years of good and loyal service in the service of fashion. Years in which he will have broken the codes by creating unique pieces, scrolling through unexpected physics or mixing elements of pop culture in haute couture. Since this early retirement, "JPG" has been involved in other causes such as in the Sidaction campaign where he shared with viewers a rare snapshot of his ex-companion, who died of this disease. But the designer hasn't quite left the art world.
No money but ideas
While waiting for the realization of several projects, Jean-Paul Gaultier returned to RTL2 on its beginnings which were not sewn with white thread. "I had no money, I made with nothing, with nothing three times! No money and therefore not much possibility of making the clothes. You see me sew a little, get help from my mother, my cousin … ", he told Lou Doillon, Sunday March 7, 2021, specifying that he could count on the support of his relatives and even of the "caretaker of the building". From this complicated preamble, the man in the striped sweater drew strength to break into this hermetic universe of singular ideas. "When you can't, you shouldn't try to be like the others, we must not try to do what we do not have the means to do and why do it anyway? ", commented the one who democratized the bustier. An emblematic piece of his career born from his shopping sessions in a department store. "I went to the Samaritaine, I saw bustiers for grandmothers in black satin, very stiff … Wow, it was beautiful!", he confided to the daughter of Jane Birkin. What to be in touch with his temperament a bit rebellious.
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