Kaput, is a broken stone,” said Jean Paul Gaultier of the new crystal he developed in collaboration with Swarovski. “What’s incredible is that it’s reversible, one color on one side, another color on the other side, and there are fractures. It’s very Cubist and Art Deco-ish in a way,” Gaultier noted of the double-faced stone, which premiered with his haute couture collection.
Now that he no longer produces ready-to-wear, pre-fall and secondary lines, the designer plans to do more costume jewelry. “I want to find new ideas, new ways of doing things, he further added.
