Paris (AFP)
Fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier announced Friday that his haute couture fashion show scheduled for Wednesday in Paris would be his "last", after 50 years of career, while specifying that he would embark on a "new project" with his home.
"On January 22, 2020, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary in fashion with a major Haute Couture fashion show at the Théâtre du Châtelet. It will also be my last fashion show," said the designer in this press release sent to AFP. .
"But rest assured, the house of Couture Gaultier Paris continues, with a new project of which I am the instigator and which will be revealed to you soon", he added.
This announcement comes in the middle of Fashion Week, just before the opening of fashion shows from Monday.
The 67-year-old French designer, who made his debut with Pierre Cardin in particular, has been an essential figure in the world of couture since he shook up dress codes in the 80s. He is the author of iconic creations like the conical cup bustier worn by Madonna.
Since his first collections, Gaultier has the art of mixing genres, genders, eras, the banter of popular streets and the distinction of beautiful neighborhoods.
This accountant's son, who grew up in Arcueil (Val-de-Marne), near Paris, and who was very young introduced to sewing by his esthetician grandmother, thus created skirts for men in 1984 because for him, "a man does not wear his masculinity on his clothes, his manhood is in his head".
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