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DESIGNERS JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
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>> Jean
Paul Gaultier was born in Paris in 1952 and worked as a design assistant
to Pierre Cardin, acquiring a technical brilliance and mastery of
cloth that has subsequently characterised his work. He has redefined
many fashion conventions, reworking underwear as outerwear (famously
worn by Madonna) and subverting masculine and feminine styles. Gaultier's
first Haute Couture show was in 1996, but despite his respect for
this traditional craft, he retains his anti-establishment streak.
He says 'be free with your clothes. You can do whatever you want
with them.'
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