Masterpiece Fall 2001 Jean Paul Gaultier Runway Haute Couture Beaded & Embroidered Pant w Silk Jersey Top Set designer-adrian It is a really special

It is a really special piece

The skirt is cut straight with just a touch of extra fabric worked through the bottom of the vertical seaming so you can move with ease

This dress is an amazing and a wonderful example of how Karl took past references and made them feel very Chanel

The sleeves are the perfect  dramatic finishing detail to balance the skirt

Masterpiece Fall 2001 Jean Paul Gaultier Runway Haute Couture Beaded & Embroidered Pant w Silk Jersey Top Set designer-adrian It is a really specialJean Paul Gaultier's illustrious career spans decades. His first show was in 1976 and his avant garde designs quickly gained him the reputation of being fashion's 'l'enfant terrible'. His designs mixed cultures with abandon, gender norms were blurred through his pieces and the body was presented encased in ways unimaginable prior to his brilliant vision. In 1997 he entered the sanctified world of Haute Couture and for just over two decades produced