Runway Report: Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week--Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012--Photos + Runway Video!

Runway Report: Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week--Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012--Photos + Runway Video!

Androgyny, Turban, Top Hat, and Roaring Twenties COUTURE:

Maharaja meets Cross Dressing Couture: Designer Jean Paul Gaultier and "Le Mariage" finale model, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week continues and I, of course, feel it my Fashion Duty to bring you highlights (from my fashion "home-office" in LA!). Today, it's Jean Paul Gaultier. The "bad boy" of couture showed his Fall/Winter 2012 collection based on Pete Doherty, star of the Sylvie Verheyde's adaptation of nineteenth century poet Alfred de Musset's Confession of a Child of the Century.

 Top Hat Wedding: The Final Look, Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Poet de Musset's grand amour
was the novelist George Sand, who scandalized mid-nineteenth century
Paris by wearing men's clothes and smoking in public and Gaultier's
collection saluted this in all its glory on the runway.

 Tailcoat and Trenches: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Model
Erin O'Connor opened the show as Sand, in top hat, tailcoat, and
gentleman's le smoking tailcoat. There was Gaultier's creative take on le trench, lots of top hats and gorgeous coats. tailored pants fit like exquisite gowns (hello, it's Haute Couture kids!).

 Trouser Couture: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Six foot tall+ Supermodel Karlie Kloss (above photo, left) glided on the catwalk with a sheer and sparkly sequined loose jumpsuit topped by a bolero jacket, scarf and platform heels. Black and white prevailed but for the gowns and evening wear, there were bolts of color and roaring twenties silhouettes...

 Netting Queen: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Accessorized with a netting "cap" (netting is THE accessory of the season it seems!).

Roaring Twenties Divas: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Oh and did I mention Gaultier's Top Hat-and-Turban'ed Boys:

AttaGurl: Tanel Bedrossiantz, Gaultier's male "muse" (above, left photo) Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Bearded Brother: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Oh and then, there was Andrej:

Androgynous male Supermodel Andrej Prejic GIVING IT at Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

 Branding and Pumps: Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012

Click Below for Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2012 (edited) Runway Video:

Runway Report: Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2011 Fashion Week--Jean Paul Gaultier

Runway Report: Paris Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2011 Fashion Week--Jean Paul Gaultier

Black Swans, Biker Tutus, Men in Feathered Skirts, Silk Mousseline Trench Coats, a Cone Bra Wedding Gown and French SuperDiva Mylene Farmer??

Biker Tutu: Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

French Fashion Designer Jean Paul Gaultier showed his Fall/Winter 2011/2012 Haute Couture Collection and by the looks of the video and the photos, it was a Not-To-Be-Missed show! The music soundtrack began with the voice of actor Vincent Cassel of the film "Black Swan" instructing his dancers. From that moment--and the first Swan-like feathered headdress--we knew that this collection might have some Ballet tendencies...

PETA-Free Zone: Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

As the 60+ look collection materialized, indeed there were strong "Swan Lake" influences: Luxe tutus with mink, silk tulle, leather and wool, full skirts, ribbon-laced "Ballet" platform-pumps.

Also: Lots of Furs--in those "tutu dresses", as well as in parka coats, cape-gowns (above on English Model Erin O'Connor) and just about every other piece in the collection (it's Fall/Winter after all--a very un-politically correct one but still). Gowns featuring Madame Grès-like plisse pleating also showed up, as well as late 70's Disco-Era Divas like this one:

There was also a general undercurrent of a "Look-Back Through the Best of Gaultier" with highlights being all those FABULOUS Trench coats and Variations-on-the-Trench which is a Gaultier Hallmark:

It's Raining Trenches: Two Trench Coat looks from Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

My favorite being the GORGEOUS silk mousseline trench gowns with open back on above photos. Continuing with his "Ode to Himself" theme, Gaultier also showed many Menswear Looks--all hand-made Haute Couture naturally. These male DIVOS, stomped the runway in three-inch heel boots with Marabou and Ostrich-trimmed floor-length skirts, asymmetrical cape-jackets, poufy trench coat-gowns (yes, I said POUFY TRENCH COAT GOWNS!) and even a strapless bustier with attached shawl-over "over-gown". Check out les hommes kiddies:

Miss Thang: Gaultier Muse, Model and Collaborator Tanel Bedrossiantz, Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

Poufy Officer: Portuguese Model Luis Batalha, Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

Bearded Bustier: Model Benjamin Dukhan Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

And to put the "Gaultier Cherry" on top of this "Haute Couture Cake", he sent out French-Canadian model Ève Salvail who was definitely NOT typecast as the "White Swan" of the collection. She wore "Le Mariage" (wedding dress) with those iconic Cone-shaped bust cups that put him on the map, via Madonna:

Express Yourself: Model Ève Salvail, Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

And speaking of Madonna--his show ended with the "French Madonna" (doesn't it seem as if there's a "Madonna" in EVERY country!), Mylène Farmer:

Comme J'Ai Mal: French Icon-singer Mylene Farmer, Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011 Haute Couture

Who, naturally was THE Black Swan of the show, wearing a fitted black leather jacket, tulle high-low skirt with a very long train (poor thing tripped on it when turning around), and of course, "Swan Lake"-like feathers atop her ginger-colored swept up-do. If this all sounds Trop! ("too much" en francais), then please by all means, see for yourself...

Click Below for Full Runway Video of Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011/12 Haute Couture--Part One:

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2011/12 Haute Couture--Part Two: