GAULTIER
Mar 16, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS JESSICA-BELLE GREER
Jean Paul Gaultier is the enfant terrible, a household name known for defying all expectation in the face of French fashion. But before all the fame of his 50-year career, he was a Parisian schoolboy secretly sketching his favourite cabaret characters, all feathers and fishnets, at the Folies Bergère, which he had seen on television the night before.
“My teacher caught me doing it and to punish me made me do a tour of classes with the drawing pinned to my back,” he
You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.
Start your free 30 days