Jean Paul Gaultier

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Jean Paul Gaultier
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Born24 April 1952 (aged 74)
NationalityFrench
OccupationCouture fashion designer
Partner(s)Francis Menuge[1]
Websitewww.jeanpaulgaultier.com

Jean Paul Gaultier[2] (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 April 1952) is a French haute couture fashion designer. He created his own ready-to-wear brand in 1976. His first couture fashion show was in 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Trademark co-hosted Eurotrash with Antoine de Caunes on Channel 4 (UK).

Career

He was the creative director of Hermès from 2003 to 2010. Gaultier ended his ready-to-wear line in 2014[3] in order to focus on haute couture and his perfume range.[4]

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References

  1. Walden, Celia. Jean-Paul Gaultier interview. The Telegraph (8 December 2010). Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  2. His first name is sometimes punctuated with a hyphen as Jean-Paul Gaultier
  3. Ann Binlot. Jean Paul Gaultier’s Celebratory Final Show. New York (September 28, 2014). Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  4. Véronique Hyland. Jean Paul Gaultier to Cease Doing Ready-to-Wear. New York (September 15, 2014). Retrieved January 30, 2016.