Tuesday 9 April 2013

Jean Paul Gaultier - Contemporary Fashion Design Artist

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Jean-Paul Gaultier is a French artist that specific in fashion design. He was born in 24 April in 1952 in Arcueli, Val-de-Marne, France. He never had been learning in a formal school he was from young drawing sketches of fashion designs  of his way.When he was a child he used to develop his ideas from his grandmother in her closet wardrobe. Only when he was at an age of 13 he began making some designs for her mother and grandmother also. He used to always look for fashion magazine to see what was the trend  and to take ideas. When he used to see all the top designers he used to send some of his sketches and one day he send the sketches to Pierre Cardin and Jean Patou and saw some talent so they helped him. These where the most two fashion designers,  that recognized his talent , so they helped him to success the way he succeeded now a day.  He began to work as an assistant for Cardin and then he also moved to Jean Patou. When he was around he was a lot influenced by the work of Yves Saint Laurent.  After he returned to Cardin and there he began as a designer.

Gaultier is the designer that opened the fashion on skirts on a man in the 1980`s and then he also design the cone bra that Madonna worn in the 1990`s. Then In the 1976 he made his first exhibition of fashion design  with his own runway that was made in Paris. After that he opened a business for his own.  He changed the fashion so he was used to be called the bad boy  of the fashion. He changed the styles to punk and street style . He invented the leather jacket  with a sneakers and a skirt. He is also popular for the sailor sweater and jaunty trench-coat, This was made with his first collection and he had help from his parents. The dresses where very funky , playful and extraoisrdinary, but he had a lot of complains.

After in the 1997 he had the money so he can open his own collection of dress. 
After that he opened a business for his own.  He changed the fashion so he was used to be called the bad boy  of the fashion. He changed the styles to punk and street style . He invented the leather jacket  with a sneakers and a skirt. 

He was called the` Enfant terrible` that means bad boy. in the world of fashion. Jean Paul Gaultier now a days  he is a big businessman how loves to create different and inovitev clothing. He became popular tough his creativity and his character because he never gave up to his dreams. His work isn`t popular only for clothing but also for jewelry.
Now a day he include also perfume , one of them has the cone bra-shape bottle .He made his first perfume in the 1993 for woman. He exploded a lot in his designs so now he design menswear, ready to wear, and more.. He also began to design furniture and wine bottles.

In the 2003 he became a chief designer at Hermes. His work also began to be used in the films "Dangerous Liaisons," "City of Lost Children," and "The Fifth Element.".

In the exhibition that he had of the Spring / Summer collection in the 2005 one of the most inspiration that he had was the Africa Bold Colours and animal print.
Some of his work :

This is the cone bra dress that he made for Madonna and it is dress on a model.





This is one of the perfume that he made but the bottle was  the inspired by the cone bra of Madonna.






This is a design of  handbag  made of leather . It has a classic design that has a professional look.





This is a wedding dress that is designed in a very original way.





Here we can see that he also design  normal clothes but in his fashion trend.
All About Jean Paul Gaultier. 2013. All About Jean Paul Gaultier. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.essortment.com/jean-paul-gaultier-44766.html. [Accessed 09 April 2013].

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