Jean PaulGaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier showed his first collection in 1976 and became French fashion’s enfant terrible — the cone bra, sailor stripes, and gender-bending tailoring are all his. After a celebrated era of rotating guest couturiers following the founder’s runway retirement, Duran Lantink was named the house’s permanent creative director in 2025, overseeing both couture and ready-to-wear.
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Jean Paul GaultierGaultier put men in skirts, cast his shows like street portraits decades before “diversity” was a fashion word, and armored Madonna in the cone-bra corset of the 1990 Blond Ambition tour — one of the most famous garments ever made. He retired from the runway in January 2020 with a 50th-anniversary couture blowout, then reinvented succession itself: a revolving door of guest designers, from Chitose Abe to Simone Rocha, each reading his archive in their own accent.
Lantink — a Dutch designer built on upcycling, splicing, and gleeful body distortion — is the first to hold the chair permanently, chosen precisely because his irreverence rhymes with the founder’s. The house that made provocation a couture discipline has handed the keys to a natural heir.
Paris Fashion Week SS27
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Jean Paul Gaultier's Paris Fashion Week SS27 show is invitation-only — but the city isn't. The Bureau's public Paris Fashion Week SS27 program runs October 2–3, 2026 at Espace Cléry. Leave your email for access and ticket-release alerts.
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