When, in January, Jean Paul Gaultier announced he was going to be bowing out of fashion after 50 years in the industry, he simultaneously signalled he would keep one well-heeled foot in the door. In a jokey video on Instagram, he said: “Gaultier Paris will continue, haute couture will continue. I have a new concept; I’ll tell you about it later, I’ll tell you all the little secrets. But it is going to continue.”
That new concept has now been revealed. The French designer, who is often called the “enfant terrible” of fashion and is perhaps best-known for designing Madonna’s conical bra, took to Instagram yesterday to announce: “Each season, I will invite a designer to interpret the codes of the House and I am doubly pleased that Chitose Abe of @sacaiofficial will be the first one!”
