Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultieris a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. Gaultier was the creative director of Hermès from 2003 to 2010. He is the host of the television series Eurotrash...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth24 April 1952
CityArcueil, France
CountryFrance
Jean Paul Gaultier quotes about
thinking renewal collections
I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.
thinking people black
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.
thinking ideas clothes
The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.
fashion thinking designer
You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.
leg women
(But) for women, you put it on as a dress, so you have to put your leg in it. That's it, ... And the zipper on the back and that's it.
people
There are some people who say and do terrible things and they are not even punished for it.
collection women
I think that the collection is very much sophisticated and very woman. It's elegant, not at all sportswear. But it's very much like daytime, but elegant.
books-and-reading call interested might phone send somebody
If there is somebody we're interested in we might place a phone call and send them a look book.
different influence made
Always my collections are made of different influences.
children parent lucky
I was lucky to have parents who loved me.
age fascinated
I was fascinated by movies from age 12.
fashion clothes theatre
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no!
people
People are so codified - it's sad.
inspiration grandmother boys
I am impressed by the way Annie Kevans captured the different types of beauties that have been my inspiration and my muses from my grandmother to artists like David Bowie and Boy George.