Jean-Paul Gaultier
Born	April 24, 1952 (1952-04-24) (age 56) Arcueil, Val-de-Marne, France
Nationality	French
Labels	Jean-Paul Gaultier

Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24, 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French fashion designer and past television presenter. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arcueil is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department located in what can be considered as the southern suburbs of Paris Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region, at the west of Paris This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arcueil is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department located in what can be considered as the southern suburbs of Paris Val-de-Marne is a French department, named after the Marne River, located in the Île-de-France region, at the west of Paris This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time

Biography

Gaultier never received formal training as a designer. Instead, he started sending sketches to famous couture stylists at an early age. Pierre Cardin was impressed by his talent and hired him as an assistant in 1970. Pierre Cardin is an Italian -born French Fashion designer, who was born on July 7, 1922, near Treviso. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

His first individual collection was released in 1976 and his characteristic irreverent style dates from 1981, and he has long been known as the enfant terrible (bad boy) of French fashion. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 L'enfant terrible (Terrible child (also spelled enfant terrible) is a French term for a child who is terrifyingly candid by saying embarrassing things to adults Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time Many of Gaultier's following collections have been based on street wear, focusing on popular culture, whereas others, particularly his Haute Couture collections, are very formal yet at the same time unusual and playful. Haute couture ( French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking" oːt kuˈtyʁ refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions Jean-Paul Gaultier produced sculptured costumes for Madonna during the nineties with her infamous cone-bra for her Blond Ambition Tour and designed the wardrobe for her Confessions Tour in 2006, as well. Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (born August 16 1958 known as Madonna, is an American The Blond Ambition Tour (also known as Blond Ambition World Tour and Blond Ambition World Tour 90) was the third Concert tour by American The Confessions Tour was the seventh world Concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna to support her album Confessions on a Dance Floor Gaultier has also worked in close collaboration with Wolford Hosiery. He promoted the use of skirts, especially kilts on men's wardrobe, and the release of designer collections. A skirt is a tube- or cone-shaped Garment that hangs from the Waist and covers all or part of the Legs In European culture, skirts are usually The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century

Jean-Paul Gaultier's bread exhibit, Paris, 2004.

Gaultier caused shock by using unconventional models for his exhibitions, like older men and full-figured women, pierced and heavily tattooed models, and by playing with traditional gender roles in the shows. This earned him both criticism and enormous popularity.

At the end of the 1980s, Gaultier suffered some personal losses, including his lover and business partner Francis Menuge, who died of AIDS-related causes. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. ^[1]

Gaultier designed the wardrobe of many motion pictures, including Luc Besson's The Fifth Element, Pedro Almodóvar's Kika, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet's La Cité des enfants perdus (The City of Lost Children). Luc Besson (lyk bɛsɔ̃ born 18 March 1959 is a French Film director, writer and producer. The Fifth Element is a French 1997 Science fantasy, action, Comedy, Techno thriller film directed by Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Kika is a 1993 Spanish language Pedro Almodóvar film starring Verónica Forqué as the title character Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (punctuated onscreen as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) is a Film written and directed by Peter Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. The City of Lost Children ( La Cité des enfants perdus) is a Dystopian French fantasy/drama Film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre The City of Lost Children ( La Cité des enfants perdus) is a Dystopian French fantasy/drama Film by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre He currently designs for three collections: his own couture and ready-to-wear lines, as well as the newly relaunched clothing line for Hermès, a French leather goods company well-known for their equestrian background, scarves, and expensive and difficult to obtain handbags. Hermès International SA, or simply Hermès ( IPA: French, American English, typical British English) is a French

Gaultier has designed a number of the costumes and outfits worn by rocker Marilyn Manson,^[2] including the outfits for Manson's Golden Age of Grotesque album. Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969) better known by his Stage name Marilyn Manson, is an American Musician and The Golden Age of Grotesque is the fifth full length album by Marilyn Manson released in 2003 ^[3] In France the costumes he designed for singer Mylène Farmer gained much attention. Mylène Farmer born Mylène Jeanne Gautier (12 September 1961 in Montreal, Canada is a French Singer, Songwriter, occasional In spring 2008 he signed a contract to be again the fashion designer for her tour in 2009. From May 2, 2009, the French singer Mylène Farmer will begin a tour through France, Belgium and Switzerland

He's also well-known for his exhibit in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art known as Bravehearts - Men in Skirts. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an art museum located on the eastern edge of Central Park, along what is known as Museum Mile in New York City, ^[4]

Perfumes

In addition to being a fashion designer, Jean-Paul Gaultier is known for a popular line of perfumes. Perfume is a mixture of fragrant Essential oils and Aroma compounds Fixatives and Solvents used to give the human body animals objects and living His first fragrance, Classique, a women's floral-oriental, was introduced in 1993, followed by Le Mâle for men two years later. Both were highly successful, and Le Mâle is now the number-one men's fragrance in the European Union based on sales; it also holds a strong market position in Australia and the United States. The European Union ( EU) is a political and economic union of twenty-seven member states, located primarily in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His third fragrance, the women's fragrance Fragile, was introduced in 2000; however, it is now in limited distribution due to poor sales. In 2005, the unisex "fragrance for humanity" Gaultier² (pronounced Gaultier to the power of two) was launched (except in Canada, where it was launched in January 2006, and the United States, where it was launched in August 2006). Most recently, Jean-Paul Gaultier's latest men's fragrance, Fleur du Mâle (a pun on Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal), was launched in April 2007. Les Fleurs du mal (literal trans "The Flowers of Evil" is a volume of French Poetry by Charles Baudelaire. All Jean-Paul Gaultier perfumes are produced under a long-term license by Paris-based Beauté Prestige International, a division of the Japanese company Shiseido that also produces fragrances for Narciso Rodriguez and Issey Miyake. is a major Japanese Hair care and Cosmetics producer and the oldest cosmetics company in the world Narciso Rodríguez III (born 27 January 1961) is an American Fashion designer. is a Japanese Fashion designer He is known for his technology-driven Clothing designs exhibitions and fragrances

References

External links

• Official Jean-Paul Gaultier Site
• Jean Paul Gaultier - Biography
• Jean-Paul Gaultier haute couture Spring 2008 on FashionReporters
• Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture spring 2007
• Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection