HONG KONG, Jan. 18 -- The flamboyant creator Jean-Paul Gaultier said he would be bowing out on Wednesday with a big party to mark his 50 years in the business after his latest collection hits the catwalk.
His brand told AFP that his high-end fashion and perfume business would live on, but that Gaultier was stepping back from designing clothes himself. "Rest assured haute couture will continue with a new concept," said the designer, who famously put Madonna in a conical bra. Gaultier dropped the bombshell in a typically jokey video message, shot as if he was giving an exclusive interview to a reporter over the phone.
Gaultier, 67, stopped designing ready-to-wear clothes in 2015 to concentrate on haute couture - handmade clothes which only ...