Jean Paul Gaultier Looks Back at His Life in Parties

Jean Paul Gaultier Looks Back at His Life in Parties

© Pierre et GillesJean Paul Gaultier retired as the creative director of his storied house in 2020 because he felt there were no boundaries left to push. “Fashion was interesting when I could break rules—that was my purpose,” he says. “But at a certain age, what rules do you break?” While Gaultier’s rise in the 1970s and ’80s shocked the stuffy French establishment, today the fashion world has largely remade itself in his image. Long before stre…

Today, the famous French designer celebrates his 73th birthday! Recognized worldwide for his innovative talent and unique artistic fibre, Jean-Paul Gaultier is one of the first to integrate the