Gaultier variety show presents rocker runway chic in Paris
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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Models wear creations by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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Models present creations by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week March 2, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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French designer Jean Paul Gaultier appears with models at the end of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week March 2, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
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US model Karlie Kloss presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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US model Karlie Kloss presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
Models wear creations by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
Models present creations by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier as part of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week March 2, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
French designer Jean Paul Gaultier appears with models at the end of his Fall-Winter 2013/2014 women's ready-to-wear fashion show during Paris fashion week March 2, 2013. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A model wears a creation by French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier as part of his Ready to Wear Fall-Winter 2013-2014 fashion collection, presented, Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- photo: AP
US model Karlie Kloss presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
US model Karlie Kloss presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
A model presents a creation by Jean Paul Gaultier during the Fall/Winter 2013-2014 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 2, 2013 in Paris. -- PHOTO: AFP
PARIS (REUTERS) - Jean Paul Gaultier served up a fun, funky patchwork of outfits for his ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris on Saturday where a heavy emphasis on leather and rocker chic added to the anything goes Bohemian style.
Gaultier is a designer with many ideas in his head. His 2013/2014 autumn/winter season fashion show was no exception, where models sporting punky mullets evoked Ziggy Stardust with long, form-fitting jackets, gold lame leather pants or 1970s-era dresses.
The show evoked a late 60s televised variety show, with a backdrop of red, black and white block screens spelling out the designer's name in big letters, and accompanied by a 80s soundtrack from the Eurythmics to David Bowie to The Clash.
"I was playing with the idea of patchwork of fabrics, and with the hair I wanted patchwork as well," Gaultier said after the show. "It gave a David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust element, but more slender, fine with a masculine element."
