Jean Paul Gaultier's Most Showstopping Catwalk Moments In Celebration Of His Last Ever Ready-To-Wear Show In Paris
1 of 36GALLERY >> Scroll through for 35 of the best Jean Paul Gaultier catwalk moments >>
2 of 36Dita Von Teese in Spring/Summer's couture show earlier this year.
3 of 36A casual topless stroll down the runway for Madonna in 1992.
4 of 36It was mullet o'clock throughout the S/S'10 collection.
5 of 36Naomi Campbell looking coy in 2002.
6 of 36Jean Paul's models have oftened smoked on the catwalk, but in 2007 Lily Donaldson chose a pipe!
7 of 36Classic punk and tartan from Jean Paul Gaultier's A/W'07 collection.
8 of 36Forget supers, in 2004 Jean Paul replaced them with puppets!
9 of 36A Blue Peter moment? This ship hat turned heads in 1998.
10 of 36Guess who. Sophie Dahl in 2001.
11 of 36Stella Tennant on the 1993 Jean Paul Gaultier runway.
12 of 36Carla Bruni in a risque ensemble for the S/S'97 show.
13 of 36It's 2008 and JP's models channel Amy Winehouse with beehives and cat-eye flicks.
14 of 36Like a being from outerspace, this model entered the 2009 runway in almost darkness.
15 of 36In 2007 Jean Paul celebrated 30 years in the biz and showed a selection from archive.
16 of 36Sasha Pivovarova leads the Gaultier girl gang in 2010.
17 of 36Last year Jean Paul's models channelled music stars - from Bowie to Boy George.
18 of 36Theatrics are usually part of a Gaultier show - this suspended model featured in 2000.
19 of 36Jade Parfitt swaps a bridal bouquet for a baby in 2001.
20 of 36Naughty barn babes from 2006.
21 of 36Is this is original morphsuit? 1994 was a good time for satin.
22 of 36Jean Paul often does affluent bohemia - here's the perfect examplel from Haute Couture 2008.
23 of 36Breton but not as you know it - 1997.
24 of 36An irreverent comment on fashion by numbers? This look was from Gaultier in 2000.
25 of 36Christy Turlington in signature bondage-suiting, 1993.
26 of 36Cocha Rocha doing her very best Elvis for S/S'14.
27 of 36His conical bras date way back, this velvet one is from 1984.
28 of 36Socialite Diane Brill takes a prime spot on the runway in 1989.
29 of 36Doggies were du rigour in 2006!
30 of 36Erin O'Connor looking pretty major in 2001.
31 of 36One of Jean Paul's most shocking, this was presented again for the V&A Museum's Fashion in Motion show in 2003.
32 of 36Ines de la Fressange looking fresh face and tres chic in another Breton, 2002.
33 of 36Gaultier's girls are always the best - here's Karlie Kloss in 2009.
34 of 36Kate Moss is a Jean Paul Gaultier girl in 1995.
35 of 36Lily Cole modelling a haute take on camo, 2007.
36 of 36It's 1994 and here's Madonna again, this time with a pram.
Tonight in Paris Jean Paul Gaultier will show his last ready-to-wear collection in order to concentrate on couture, fragrances, collaborations and special projects like costume design. It’s almost 40 years since JPG showed his debut collection in 1976 and since his business really took of in ’82 he has been a pillar stone of the Paris Fashion Week circuit. The schedule seems unimaginable without the theatrics and fabulously old-school fashion shocks of a JPG show – who else would give Concita Wurst a runway finale or persuade Madonna to unleash her, erm, assets onto the unwitting FROW?
Beth Ditto and JPG, October 2010 [Rex]
As one of the hottest tickets going, L’Enfant Terrible as he was so aptly and quickly named back in the day, has had incredible stars-of-the-moment both on the catwalk and watching it. Beth Ditto, Dita Von Teese stepped up the bar that Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington all set in Jean Paul’s instantly recognisable conical bras, sharp masculine suiting, highly camp showgirl gowns, punk tartans, tattoo motifs and every possible take on the classic Breton stripe that one could think of.
Conchita Wurst on the A/W'14 Haute Couture catwalk [Rex]
In honour of such a tenure on the RTW scene we thought it only proper to provide you with a nice big gallery of JPG’s special runway moments – from the hat that looked like a glittering red ship through to the Carla Bruni in nothing more than a saucy smattering of pink crystals, here’s why this innovator and rule-breaker will be sorely missed in next year’s line-up….