The end of the Gaultier era in haute couture |The press

It is this Wednesday in Paris that the last haute couture parade of Jean Paul Gaultier will take place, as the inimitable French creator announced it last week.But the one who will celebrate his 50th anniversary at the same time in the profession does not withdraw, and will soon reveal a new project with his fashion house.

He was praised for his avant-garde and his audacity, revolutionized the dress codes, created clothes today cult like the bustier with conical caps worn by Madonna, one of his Muses.Even if we have certainly not finished hearing about Jean Paul Gaultier, the fact remains that this last haute couture parade, which will take place on Wednesday [today] in Paris as part of the week offashion, is an event.

"It will be a celebration, but not funerals!"I expect a final fireworks fire as he only knows how to do it, ”anticipates Thierry-MaximeOriole, joined to Paris where he went to attend this final haute couture parade of Gaultier Paris, an eventto which the one who describes himself as an "ultra-fanter" of the designer is used to assisting.

Jean Paul Gaultier is an important personality in fashion history.It remains one of the rare couturiers always active to have created his own fashion house. 

Thierry-MaximeOriole

The former model maintains a close relationship with the Creator, he who was the commissioner of two major exhibitions devoted to man and his unique and exploded universe, that is the fashion planet of Jean Paul Gaultier: from rue aux étoiles and LoveIs love: marriage for all, both inaugurated at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, respectively in 2011 and 2017.

Presented in 12 cities around the world between 2011 and 2016 - including in Paris, at the prestigious Grand Palais -, the first has also reached the absolute record, for a fashion exhibition from Montreal, of 2.3 million visitors, tells us the latter.As for Love is Love, dates may be added since it is always requested.

Proof, if there is one, of the attraction that the designer exerts still today, 50 years after his beginnings.Whoever started his career with Pierre Cardin quickly became an essential figure in fashion.First in ready-to-wear (which he abandoned in 2015), then in haute couture, with the foundation of his house in 1996.Over the years, his creations have been carried by many stars like Rihanna, Kim Kardashian or Lady Gaga.

Besides, for M.Loriot, it is certain that the creator will not disappear from the mode of mode."I don't think it's a farewell, but rather a goodbye.Jean Paul has an idea per minute, it is a sponge that absorbs everything he sees, a real creative.Already his show, Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Freak Show, will walk around the world.He is always asked to make stage costumes, he remains a master in this sense, he who has always loved collaborating for the cinema, the scene, the dance ... I do not think he will slow down his rhythm!»»

Une mode « humaniste»»

Despite everything, this is a page that turns with this last haute couture parade."The end of an era!"Exclaims Eve Salvail, who was not surprised by the news, but who has no doubt that Gaultier will continue to surprise us and create."He loves it so much!"»»

The old model, recognizable by its shaved head and his dragon tattoo on the skull, remained close to the designer, he who revealed him to the world in the 90s by hiring him for a parade in Paris, while'He had only seen it in pictures.

I would not have been a model at all without him!He didn't like what was too beautiful, he was looking for people with "ouph".He and I understood immediately, there was something special in this relationship, of electric.Our story is very intense!

Eve Salvail

If Gaultier has marked fashion with his creations, his influence extends far beyond that, notes M.Oriole."There are a lot of codes associated with him, such as the sailor, the men's skirt, the corset he has reinstated in the contemporary wardrobe ... But, in my opinion, something he can be proud of, and which heCan claim the initiator, it is his desire to democratize fashion, the opening to different types of beauty, the game around the masculine-feminine.He was one of the first to present atypical beauties on the podiums, to make wild castings in the street.»»

Weight, skin color, sexual orientation…: as m right recalls m.Oriole, Gaultier a toujours célébré l’individualité plutôt que la norme."He never gave in politically correct either.He celebrated the beauty of different religions, cultures.Gaultier's fashion is not one of censorship, but of dialogue.His promising message is that of a humanist fashion.»»

What did Jean Paul Gaultier taught him?Humility and gratitude, but also that it was possible, for an adult, to keep his child's gaze."He is always amazed in front of the little things in life.He is in the present moment, never in yesterday or tomorrow.It’s really a beautiful person.»»

One thing is certain, this precursor has certainly not finished surprising us.Now remains to guess what he has in store for us ...