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PEOPLE & ARTSThursday 28 January 2016
Fergie applauds Jean Paul Gaultier’s couture homage to ‘80s
THOMAS ADAMSON A model wears a creation for Jean Paul Gaultier’s Spring-Sum- ginning of ‘80s. does. For Maison Margie-
AP Fashion Writer mer 2016 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris, Sequined pill box hats, la’s spring show, the for-
PARIS (AP) — It was prob- Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016. strong shouldered tux- mer Dior man explored the
ably before the time of edos, jumpsuits, silken pa- process of couture through
his front row stars singers (AP Photo/Francois Mori) jama suits, and big, big hair the construct of collage
Fergie and Beth Ditto — dazed guests at the high- and spontaneous fusion.
but they laughed and ap- and Andy Warhol rub shoul- soundtrack. energy show delivered with It made for the wackiest
plauded nonetheless at ders with designers such as Model Farida Khelfa, also a funky 1980s soundtrack. styles seen this season —
Jean Paul Gaultier’s fash- Yves Saint Laurent, Karl La- a famed Palace regular, The litany of stars that but possibly also the most
ion homage to the Palace gerfeld, and, yes, Gaultier laughed and clapped graced the famed Palace artful. Twenty-five creations
club, France’s answer to himself. It was immortalized from the front row. venue were the inspirations played on billowing vol-
New York’s once-famous in a song by disco-queen for the designer’s myriad 69 umes, contrasting fabric
Studio 54. — and Salvador Dali muse GAULTIER’S ‘80s THEATRE looks. and styles, and pieces of
Here are the highlights of — Amanda Lear, who sat At Wednesday’s show by Grace Jones was reimag- clothing stitched together
Wednesday’s spring-sum- at the Gaultier show as Gaultier, the fashion dial ined in a dull shimmering in unexpected places. If
mer 2016 couture collec- her music boomed in the was first turned to the be- black-and-brown sequined this sounds like a recipe
tions in Paris. jumpsuit and brown lace for a fashion mess, in the
robe. Khelfa was spotted hands of Galliano it blos-
THE PALACE PARTY on the catwalk in a black somed.
The glamorous, under- perfecto jacket with blood- An off-white trench coat in
ground theater was the red nails, lips and shirt. triple georgette and baggy
hippest place in Paris from And one look, big blond black riding boots meshed
its inauguration in 1978 by hair against a black crepe with a layered, pleated
Grace Jones, who famous- bustier dress with fuch- skirt, cutting a beautiful
ly serenaded guests with sia satin, must surely have feminine silhouette.
her version of “La Vie en been the glamorous Hall. A silk dress with Chantilly
Rose” all the way to its end lace was covered at the
in 1983. GALLIANO’S COLLAGE front with an enveloping
The converted theater rep- COUTURE layer of sheer black silk that
resented a golden age in wrapped the entire look —
French disco culture and John Galliano demon- as if blown on the model
saw Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall strates a seemingly ef- accidently by the wind.q
fortless flair in anything he
