The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier

JPG first cone shaped bra was made for his teddy bear Nana. Later, it  would be the famous cone shaped  dress he made for Madonna that made his cone shaped work "famous"

So excited to get into the Exhibit. Couldn't think of two better people to share this experience with!

I was in Montreal a few weeks ago and had the time of my life while I was there. Hands down, one of the best mini getaways ever and memories to last a lifetime. While I was there with a couple of girlfriends I had the opportunity to visit the The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and visit the Jean Paul Gaultier Exhibit. This is the very first international exhibition devoted to the inspirational French Couturier and marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of the designer's label. For those of you who are not familiar with Jean Paul Gaultier, this exhibit was more than high end fashion, it drew you into his unbridled imagination, his view on society and ultimately his vision of a world in which anyone regardless of sex, race, religion, size can assert his or her own independence. It was a refreshing look at his spirit, generosity, his vision and his message to society. For anyone in Montreal, regardless of whether you know this particular designer, this exhibit is breathtaking, awakening and so freaking awesome. Go check it out!!

The mannequins were lifelike, placed throughout the gallery and talked to you.
The things that they said left you speechless, made you re-evaluate how you looked at society and drew you  in.

"Be yourself, no matter what nature has dealt you"-  JPG

Love! Love! Love!

"I am convinced that beauty comes in diverse forms. When you look at something like a tin can with a fresh eye,  you can see a kind of beauty where others will only see a garden-variety object" - JPG

JPG thinks of society as "a cocktail - mixed, stirred, spiced, varied and decompartmentalized. The product of a single melting pot, society no longer consists of groups indifferent to one another while living side by side. It is made up of individuals, and each of them tells the story of our diversity." 

A lot of these pieces you see took anywhere from 500 hours to 14,000 hours to create!

The end to an amazingly fun, inspiring, captivating day! Thank you to N and A for sharing it with me!