JEAN PAUL GAULTIER

In 1982, Jean-Paul Gaultier launched his namesake fashion house, quickly earning the title of the “enfant terrible” of Parisian fashion. Gaultier became a trailblazer for his ability to challenge convention through gender-bending styles, such as having women don traditionally masculine clothes and men walking the runway in dresses. He cemented his legacy by designing costumes for Madonna’s 1990 Blond Ambition Tour, introducing some of fashion’s most iconic looks, including the conical bra. As of 2025, Duran Lantink serves as the house’s Creative Director, bringing a fresh perspective while honoring Gaultier’s boundary-pushing spirit in contemporary twenty-first-century fashion.