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Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Vintage S/S 1996 Cyberbaba Zebra Sheer Mesh Illusion Top
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Vintage S/S 1996 Cyberbaba Zebra Sheer Mesh Illusion Top

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Vintage S/S 1996 Cyberbaba Zebra Sheer Mesh Illusion Top

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Woodland Hills, CA

Iconic vintage Jean Paul Gaultier sheer mesh illusion top from the Spring/Summer 1996 Cyberbaba

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1990s Italian Blouses

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Smoking Black Tuxedo Long Dress
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Smoking Black Tuxedo Long Dress

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Smoking Black Tuxedo Long Dress

By Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Paul Gaultier Classique

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

(145 cm) Features: - 100% Authentic JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. - Trompe l'oeil/ Illusion smoking black tuxedo

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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 2000’s V-neck Illusion Mesh Top
Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 2000’s V-neck Illusion Mesh Top

Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 2000’s V-neck Illusion Mesh Top

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in London, GB

We are very excited to present this iconic Vintage circa 2000’s Jean Paul Gaultier mesh top

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Early 2000s French Shirts

S/S 2013 Black Lace Illusion Slip Dress x La Perla
S/S 2013 Black Lace Illusion Slip Dress x La Perla

S/S 2013 Black Lace Illusion Slip Dress x La Perla

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Atlanta, GA

This extraordinary Jean Paul Gaultier x La Perla dress is a collectible relic from the 2000s—a

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2010s Italian Slips

Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Optical Illusion Tee
Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Optical Illusion Tee

Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Optical Illusion Tee

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

striking visual illusion is vintage Jean Paul Gaultier.

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1990s French T-Shirts

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Cardigan
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Cardigan

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Cardigan

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Cardigan Measurements taken laid flat, please

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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Cinema Film Print Bustier Illusion Mesh Cardigan
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Cinema Film Print Bustier Illusion Mesh Cardigan

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Cinema Film Print Bustier Illusion Mesh Cardigan

By Jean Paul Gaultier Soleil, Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Cinema Film Print Bustier Illusion Mesh Cardigan Measurements taken

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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Color Block Bustier Illusion Mesh Maxi Dress
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Color Block Bustier Illusion Mesh Maxi Dress

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Color Block Bustier Illusion Mesh Maxi Dress

By Jean Paul Gaultier Soleil, Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Color Block Bustier Illusion Mesh Maxi Dress Measurements taken laid

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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Denim Suspender Shirt Top
Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Denim Suspender Shirt Top

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Denim Suspender Shirt Top

By Jean Paul Gaultier Soleil, Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Trompe L'oeil Illusion Denim Suspender Long Sleeves Shirt Top

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20th Century French Blouses and Tops

Jean Paul Gaultier Optic Jumpsuit
Jean Paul Gaultier Optic Jumpsuit

Jean Paul Gaultier Optic Jumpsuit

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in New York, NY

Phenomenal piece from Jean Paul Gaultier with an optical illusion pattern woven into the knit of

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1990s Italian Jumpsuits

Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion Cardigan
Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion Cardigan

Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion Cardigan

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in San Francisco, CA

with the sweater to not distract from the illusion, but also bring to attention that fact that it is a

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Jean-Paul Gaultier Twinset Illusion Top

Jean-Paul Gaultier Twinset Illusion Top

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in San Francisco, CA

Made you look! A classic trompe l'oeil from Gaultier. This sleeveless turtleneck tank is printed

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Shirts

Jean Paul Gaultier yellow optical illusion printed mesh shirt, ss 1996
Jean Paul Gaultier yellow optical illusion printed mesh shirt, ss 1996

Jean Paul Gaultier yellow optical illusion printed mesh shirt, ss 1996

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in London, London

Jean Paul Gaultier; yellow and brown optical illusion printed mesh button up shirt Spring-Summer

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1990s Italian Blouses

Jean Paul Gaultier Face Detail Turtleneck
Jean Paul Gaultier Face Detail Turtleneck

Jean Paul Gaultier Face Detail Turtleneck

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Narberth, PA

Jean Paul Gaultier Face Detail Turtleneck Illusion style face detail Black knit detail trim Size

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Shirts

Jean Paul Gaultier Supreme Mesh Transparent Pareo Dress
Jean Paul Gaultier Supreme Mesh Transparent Pareo Dress

Jean Paul Gaultier Supreme Mesh Transparent Pareo Dress

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in PARIS, FR

Mesh pareo dress by Jean Paul Gaultier! Optical illusion pattern! This is the original collection

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1990s Italian Evening Dresses

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Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion For Sale on 1stDibs

Find the exact vintage or contemporary jean paul gaultier illusion you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. Brown is a pretty popular color, but we also have Gray, Beige, Red and more in stock now. Making the right choice when shopping for a jean paul gaultier illusion may mean looking at versions that date from different eras — you can find early iterations from the 20th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century, both of which have proven very popular over the years. There aren’t many items for men if you’re seeking these accessories, as most of the options available are for women and unisex.

How Much is a Jean Paul Gaultier Illusion?

On average, a jean paul gaultier illusion on 1stDibs sells for $601, while they’re typically $201 on the low end and $2,650 for the highest priced versions of this item.

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.

Find vintage Jean Paul Gaultier dresses, skirts, jeans and accessories today on 1stDibs.

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