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Jean-Paul Gaultier
Birth at
24 April 1952
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Jean-Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952 in France, in the town of Arquel, near Paris. In 1970, he sent 350 of his sketches to Pierre Cardin, was invited by him to work and became an assistant to the famous couturier. A few years later, Jean-Paul Gaultier was already managing the company’s production in the Philippines and working on the American Cardin collection. In 1976, the first Gauthier collection was shown, very coldly met by the press, but two years later the James Bond collection attracted
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Jean-Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952 in France, in the town of Arquel, near Paris. In 1970, he sent 350 of his sketches to Pierre Cardin, was invited by him to work and became an assistant to the famous couturier. A few years later, Jean-Paul Gaultier was already managing the company’s production in the Philippines and working on the American Cardin collection. In 1976, the first Gauthier collection was shown, very coldly met by the press, but two years later the James Bond collection attracted wide attention to the designer. Since the early 1980s, Jean-Paul Gaultier has become one of the most striking figures of the modeling business, he is distinguished by a peculiar, provocative and shocking style. In 1997, he created his first collection, Haute Couture. It is worth noting that in 1989, he first tried his hand as a costume designer - on Peter Greenway's film "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover". In the future, Jean-Paul Gaultier repeatedly successfully acted in this capacity: so, he took part in the creation of all the costumes for the fantastic film by Luc Besson “The Fifth Element”.