Jean Paul Gaultier Metallic Knit "Equator" Hat
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Sharon, CT
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Museum Worthy 1980s Jean Paul Gaultier Pour Equator Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige
Museum-Worthy 1980s Jean Paul Gaultier Pour Equator Maxi black Dress in lycra, with silk bow
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER FW 87 Iconic and rare intarsia sweater
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Milano, MILANO
Iconic and rare Jean Paul Gaultier pour EQUATOR intarsia and printed long knit sweater from Fall
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Jean Paul Gaultier 1987/88 “Forbidden Gaultier” high waisted skirt
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
” Collection by “JEAN PAUL GAULTIER pour EQUATOR”. . Period: 1980s – Fall/Winter 1987/88 Origin: Italy
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Jean Paul Gaultier 1987/88 “Forbidden Gaultier” high waisted trousers
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage Tangerine Mirrored Top
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This Jean Paul Gaultier pour Equator piece is all about sporty glamour. The vibrant tangerine
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1985 JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Tye-dye effect fringed top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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Wardrobe for Two' Collection by Jean Paul Gaultier pour Equator.
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Jean Paul Gaultier Black Zip-front Mock Neck Mirrored Top, 1980s
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in New York, NY
This Jean Paul Gaultier pour Equator piece is all about sporty glamour. A sleeveless mock neck top
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Jean Paul Gaultier Fuschia and Black Mirrored Sporty Mock Neck Top
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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This Jean Paul Gaultier pour Equator piece is all about sporty glamour. The vibrant fuschia pink
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Jean Paul Gaultier Equator black maxi dress with knitted shawl collar, c. 1980s
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Size: FR 38 - IT 42 - UK 10
Jean Paul Gaultier Equator black maxi dress with knitted shawl collar, c. 1980s
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
Jean Paul Gaultier, Equator black lycra figure hugging maxi dress with fishnet mesh sleeves and
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER EQUATOR 1987 navy white heavy knit graphic jacket FR48 M
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER EQUATOR 1987 navy white heavy knit graphic jacket FR48 M Reference: PRWU/A00017
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1980s Jean Paul Gaultier Cropped Zip-Front Sweater in Neon Green and Black
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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1980s Jean Paul Gaultier - Equator line - Cotton-blend cropped sweater in neon green and black with
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1980s Jean Paul Gaultier for Equator Knitted Dress and Jacket
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
A head turning knitted dress and jacket by Jean Paul Gaultier for Equator, in a pretty rust and
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1980's JEAN PAUL GAULTIER for EQUATOR cropped sweater with fringe
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in San Fransisco, CA
Gaultier for Equator dating to the early 1980's. Fits a size 2-6. Approximate measurements (unstretched
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Size S Red Lana Wool Knit Black Emboidered Zip Vest
By Jean Paul Gaultier
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1980s JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 'Equator' Metallic Knit Waistcoat
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fine & rare vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 'Equator' metallic knit/gilt fringe waistcoat. Authentic
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1980s JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 'Equator' Metallic Knit Cap
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Fine vintage Jean Paul Gaultier 'Equator' metallic knit cap/hat. Authentic '1 size fits all' item
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JEAN PAUL GAULTIER For EQUATOR Blk Drop Waist Tulle Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Measurements:
Sleeves 25" from shoulder seam to edge
Shoulders: 16" from seam to seam
Chest: 34" from side seam to side seam then doubled
Waist: 28" from ...
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Jean Paul Gaultier AW1987 "Too Young to Die" Sweater
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Gaultier’s fall 1987 collection was a joyously over-the-top exploration of leather-clad rock ‘n
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Iconic Rare 1985/86 Jean Paul Gaultier Aran Knit Cones Dress
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in London, GB
breast-shaped construction. Designer/Label: Jean Paul Gaultier pour Equator Period: 1980s – Fall
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1980s Jean Paul Gaultier Equator Mock Turtleneck
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Located in Brooklyn, NY
on the back, neck and sleeves. From Jean-Paul Gaultier's Equator collection. Gaultier never
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By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Bath, GB
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By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in Bath, GB
1980s Jean Paul Gaultier for Equator Skirt Ribbed skirt with decorative fringe and tassels
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Jean Paul Gaultier Russian Constructivist 1986 1987 AW Equator Vintage Men Tie
By Jean Paul Gaultier
Located in PARIS, FR
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Jean Paul Gaultier for sale on 1stDibs
Endeavoring to tear down gender stereotypes and sartorial norms on the catwalk, making underwear outerwear, putting men in skirts and models of all shapes and sizes on the runway, Jean Paul Gaultier has created wildly provocative, transformational designs for day dresses, gowns, tops and other garments that draw on numerous influences and boldly merge haute couture with street sensibility.
An only child raised in the suburbs of Paris, Gaultier didn’t have a formal fashion education. But he loved to sketch and was drawn to clothing, citing the corsets in his maternal grandmother’s closet as having a formative impact on his creative direction. He’s said that some of his earliest fashion work was for his teddy bear, and later he would send his sketches to designers he revered, including Pierre Cardin.
Gaultier began his career in 1970 as an assistant to Cardin, who admired the sketches the 18-year-old had sent for his appraisal. After Gaultier had his first runway show in 1976, featuring unconventional statements like pairing motorcycle jackets with ballerina skirts, it didn’t take long for his star to rise.
Gaultier's playful but exquisitely crafted reimaginings of classic Parisian styles — the striped mariner shirt, the trench coat — soon became recurring themes of his eponymous house, which he founded with his life partner and business associate Francis Menuge in 1982.
“He was absolutely peerless for the longest time in the late ’80s and early ’90s,” fashion editor Tim Blanks told the New York Times. This was the period of Gaultier’s most iconic designs.
In 1984, Gaultier’s “Boy Toy” collection challenged men’s fashion with striped shirts and skirts — and sold around 3,000 of them. He was hailed for spectacle-laden runway shows and superb tailoring. Gaultier began to work with Madonna during the late 1980s, and, at the pop star’s request, he designed the costumes for her 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour. Her pink corset became a cultural touchstone of the era.
Gaultier continued to expand his brand. There were the colorful all-over graphic prints in the sheer stretch-tulle fabric of his Soleil line — which have gained fans in millennials seeking the authentic, easy style of 1990s fashion — and he debuted his first couture collection in 1997. Gaultier created costumes for film and stage and was nominated for a César Award for Best Costume Design for The City of Lost Children (1995) and then a second for Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element (1997).
From 2003 to 2010, Gaultier was the creative director for Hermès. The first international exhibition of his work, “The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk,” debuted in 2011 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and toured to cities including Stockholm, New York City, Dallas and London. Vintage Gaultier Birkin bags are unsurprisingly sought-after collectibles, and the So Black collection — a line that included the So Black Birkin, which featured black PVD-coated hardware — was among his last works for the brand before his departure.
Gaultier presented his last ready-to-wear collection in 2014 and in 2020 stepped down from his couture line, ending his boundary-pushing, industry-shaping reign with a raucous show of more than 230 outfits formed from fragments of collections from across his 50-year career.
One of fashion’s enfants terribles, Gaultier has never sought out pretty for pretty’s sake. Instead, he has challenged the traditional ideals of beauty. Today, the designer's vintage clothing designs — experimental undergarments cut from lace and suede, leather-trimmed evening dresses and jackets of denim, plastic or striped jersey — are as punk as they are high fashion.
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