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Jean-Paul Gaultier never had formal training as a designer, but rose to fame creating whimsical and theatrical confections: Madonna's cone bra; the costumes for Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. His collection shown in Paris today was playful, retro and glam. More »
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• Sam Ronson is mad at the animal-rights protester who threw flour on LiLo's fur stole! Blogged the DJ, "the girl who threw [the flour] acted like an animal herself...I take that back, it's an insult to animals to group her in with them, my dog is FAR more civilized than that person." [ElleUK]
• Meanwhile, Natalie Imbruglia is not "torn" about fur! In a new ad for PETA, the Aussie "is seen covering her breasts with a live rabbit, called Topsy." Of course she is! [Daily Express]
• "'Please don't write that I'm eccentric,' says Vivienne Westwood, who is dressed in a holey black dress with what looks like bits of flesh-coloured tights woven in and out of it, a pair of scruffy old trainers and a knitted hat pulled over her hair, which is the colour of clementines. She has drawn her eyebrows on in red pencil." [Guardian]
• Just in time for the recession! Gaultier launches a line of children's wear! [WWD]
• "Karl is hilarious. As serious and scary as he looks, he tells the best jokes." We'll take your word for it, Talluleh Harlech. [WWD]

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Yesterday we got an email that read, "Hi. I am Velvet. I had the good fortune to score the lead in Avida, which has just come out on DVD in the USA. It would be great if you could make mention of this as it is nice to find films willing to be inclusive of the atypical and divorcing themselves from a leading lady which fits typical Hollywood beauty ethic. Thanks very much, Velvet." Noted! Plus: Velvet, who famously walked for Jean Paul Gaultier, has an interview with the blog 5 Resolutions. Velvet is articulate, thoughtful and pretty fucking awesome. On Galliano: "He seemed very taken by the images in my book, and we had a nice chat about philosophies of beauty as well. It was wonderful to speak with such an amazing talent that I had always revered. As to what statement I wanted to make, my quest is to diversify notions of modern beauty, and I knew my inclusion would spark debate and get people talking if nothing else… JPG has been clear on the statement he was making—that beauty takes many forms." More »
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• Karl Lagerfeld has designed a lead figurine of himself, to be sold as a limited edition (1,000 units only) for $300 at Paris boutique Colette. Perfect for teaching etiquette, nutrition, and brand-expansion strategy to your Homies! [WWD, 3rd item]

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• OMG! International Herald Tribune fashion critic Suzy Menkes and designer Marc Jacobs have somehow settled their seemingly-insurmountable differences! After their tiff in New York over Marc's really late fashion show, Marc left Menkes a Marc Jacobs T-shirt with a pretty bow on her seat at Louis Vuitton on Sunday. And what was on the T-shirt? A "love letter," says Marc. Coy! [Fashion Week Daily]

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]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=308608&view=rss&microfeed=true Fifty-five-year-old designer Jean-Paul Gaultier has never been a fan of "subtle". Known as the enfant terrible of French fashion, many of his collections have been based on streetwear, and then twisted into over-the-top, playful, unusual ensembles. He made Madonna's famous cone-bra and often showed skirts (kilts and otherwise) for men on the runway. Gaultier also did the wardrobe for films like The Fifth Element, Kika, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, and The City of Lost Children. The collection he showed today in Paris has a clear vision, and that vision is of motocross-riding, beekeeping, and military corpse bride pirates. Of course! Oh, and almost all of the models were smoking. We were compelled to channel their swashbuckling thoughts. Click on any picture below to bring up the annotated gallery. More »
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Jean-Paul Gaultier is probably best known to the world as the guy who, in 1990, put Madonna into a cone bra, and gave her a butch pantsuit with bustier and garter belt to be worn on the outside to best (bear with us) "Express [Her]Self." And frankly, his fall 2007 couture collection is the smartest rendering of gender trouble we've seen since then. The collection was supposedly crafted around a fairy-tale Gaultier had dreamt up in which the fairy princess is rescued by the handsome prince... who happens to be a girl, not a boy. This la petite prince look is so provocative (but in a smart way) that we feel we could have scrapped those hours spent studying gender theory if only we had had this collection to gaze upon. (Memo to gender theorist Judith Butler: Refer all future "What about the body, Judy?" questioners to gaze upon this!) But most importantly, not only does Gaultier's collection have our minds racing, it has our hearts a-flutter: If being a damsel in distress means having these clothes swoop into our lives, we'll gladly try playing helpless. Image gallery, after the jump. More »
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