Jean Paul Gaultier with a heart truly from Paris did the glam game again and this time with a definite applaud for the luxurious cross between punk, cabaret, French Cancan,  rock and Parisian glamour at the Spring 2011 couture, Paris. Models donned on the ramp in faux-hawks, sheer materials, fish net stockings, corseted torso and ruching rounding out the hips for a surprising mix of the Androgyny.The invitation for the show materialized in a safety-pinned piece of fishnet to a piece of cardboard, and very well kept the opulence a secret.

Gaultier’s split with Hermès has certainly given him a new magic potion, he has always been a brilliant tailor, and here he applied his genius to an abstract play on leopard patterns in a reddish navy combination comprised some of the pieces. And a lonesome bright Ikat print suit in yellows, reds, purples and greens appeared mid show.Gaultier, of course, couldn’t leave out references to his signature sailor stripes. Be it in a horizontal satin bands arrangement -repeating throughout the collection or the more literal white and navy tiered ruffles gown. 

Despite the fact that his Spring 2011 couture show was inspired by the English punk rock movement and the French cancan, Jean Paul Gaultier didn’t play any musical soundtrack. Instead, the models paraded in their mohawks and their individual outfits carrying a number in the old school couture way, with Catherine Deneuve calling out the number and then describing the looks in a voiceover.

Each look was a punk song reference: ‘London Calling’ was a strapless smoking skirt suit with a thigh high split skirt and black fishnets; ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ was a multicolor smoking suit embroidered with metallic sequins and leather lapels; the last look, a beaded corseted column dress was ‘Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die.’ a long-sleeved off-the shoulder dress done in strands of white and dark navy,Androgynous male model Andrej Pejic appeared as a couture bride in a semi-sheer gown.

Though all the models were styled with punk hair and cabaret-esque fishnet stockings,but then some of them came seductively holding a cigarette mouthpiece, so typical of the 20′s.Jean Paul Gaultier finally let the music loose, unleashing a Crazy Horse cancan dancerPsykkoTico to do splits and kicks down the runway to Offenbach as the designer took his bow with Farida Khelfa. 

 

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