JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER: An Eclectic Affair
TWITTER: @FashionInsider1 / INSTAGRAM: TheFi_Mag
January 27, 2017
By Marcellous L. Jones
Photos by P. Stable
Paris, France – Two days ago the French grand couturier Jean-Paul Gaultier presented in Paris his new haute couture collection for Spring/Summer 2017. Normally we would have published our review of that outing the same evening of the show or first thing the very next morning. However this time, this writer needed a bit more time to process and to accurately digest what I had seen and in order to better articulate it all to our readers.
Gaultier did not make it such an easy task this time. It’s extremely difficult to say, but this collection is far from being a favorite by the house or of the haute couture season.
The show started well. All was in place. The show space was beautifully decorated with the longest catwalk in Paris. Celebrities such as Cristina Cordula, Catherine Deneuve, Estelle Hallyday, etc. all showed up. The top press and VIPs all filled the front rows. And the champagne flowed. Then the show started to the sounds of Tina Turner’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain” from her 1984 PRIVATE DANCER album. As the first look came down the runway, we woud see an eclectic mix of attire that includes looks inspired by the excess of the 1980s, farm girls, and even subtle hints pointing to Brigette Bardot.
To be perfectly honest, the collection was a high-octane affair of 57 looks that left this writer a bit discombobulated. The pantsuits are great. The sailor stripes are always a hit no matter the design they are applied to. And several of the dresses are pretty damn fabulous thanks to their draping, corsets, giant bows and sexy cuts. However beyond that, the wide variety of cuts left this writer absolutely desperately for a lifeline that would explain how all was tied together as a collection. No matter how hard I tried, I simply could not find the cohesive thread needed to make sense of it all. It was CONFUSING. And floral prints are just not a good look for Gaultier’s work!
#justsaying
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER HAUTE COUTURE – Spring/Summer 2017
