When was Jean Paul Gaultier born?

Jean Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952 in a suburb of Paris. He is known as the ‘enfant-terrible’ of the fashion world, whose designs celebrated androgyny. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Jean Paul Gaultier pieces from some of the world’s top sellers.

How do you say Jean Paul Gaultier?

If you want to properly pronounce Jean Paul Gaultier, it should sound like ”zhaan-paal-gaal-tee-ay”. Gaultier himself originates from a suburb of Paris, France. You can shop iconic vintage and contemporary Jean Paul Gaultier fashions from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.

How to spot a fake Jean Paul Gaultier?

To assess the authenticity of a Jean Paul Gaultier, look for the black tag that features the logo stitched in a typewriter font. If you are buying a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier item, be sure you are buying from a reputable source. Save the stress and shop a collection of properly vetted vintage and new Jean Paul Gaultier designs from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.

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Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 1990's Denim Lace Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in London, GB

Nordic Poetry is excited to present this Jean Paul Gaultier 1990's Denim Lace Jacket. Features cropped cut, lace up sleeves and waist, two front pockets, collar and buttons for closu...

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1990s French Jackets

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 38 Black Wool Peak Lapel Jacket

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Size: 48

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER 38 Black Wool Peak Lapel Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Jacket comes in a black tone in a solid wool material, with a peak lapel, flap pockets, double breasted, and functional buttons at cuffs.

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Late 20th Century Italian Jackets

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Magnetic Hoops Blazer Jacket

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Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Magnetic Hoops Blazer Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Kingersheim, Alsace

Vintage JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Magnetic Hoops Blazer Jacket Measurements taken laid flat: Shoulder: 16 4/8 inches Sleeves: 25 4/8 inches Bust: 37 inches Waist: 30 inches Length: 25 inch...

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20th Century French Blazers

Vintage turquoise Jean Paul Gaultier double-breasted jacket

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Size: S

Vintage turquoise Jean Paul Gaultier double-breasted jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Laguna Beach, CA

This double-breasted cropped jacket comes to you from vintage Jean Paul Gaultier.

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1980s French Cropped Jackets

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Jean Paul Gaultier x Ghezzi Vintage Black Suede Cropped Fringe Biker Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in Nice, FR

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER for GHEZZI vintage rare black suede cropped Perfecto biker jacket embellished with red leather appliques and fringes.

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20th Century Italian Jackets

1990s Lime Green Jean Paul Gaultier ‘Junior’ Jacket

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Size: 6

1990s Lime Green Jean Paul Gaultier ‘Junior’ Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in London, GB

A fun vintage 1990s lime green jacket from Jean Paul Gaultier’s ‘Junior’ range.

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1990s French Jackets

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Size: 10

Jean Paul Gaultier Vintage 1980’s Leather Double Breasted Blazer

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in London, GB

We are excited to present this Jean Paul Gaultier 1980’s double breasted blazer. Features leather body, viscose sleeves, collar with shoulder pads and double breast buttons for closu...

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1980s French Blazers

Located in CAPELLE AAN DEN IJSSEL, ZH

This Roberto Cavalli jacket from the Spring 2002 collection features a structured, corset-like silhouette with contrasting topstitching and a dual zipper closure. A unique detail ...

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Early 2000s Jackets

Rare Jean Paul Gaultier Sculpted Denim Jacket with Leopard Collar Button Jacket

$4,685

Size: 40/Italy

Rare Jean Paul Gaultier Sculpted Denim Jacket with Leopard Collar Button Jacket

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in New York, NY

Rare Jean Paul Gaultier sculpted denim jacket with faux leopard collar button jacket is detailed with double-stitching. The front has two set-in breast pockets with the interio...

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1980s Italian Jackets

Christian Dior by John Galliano Trompe l'Oeil Denim Pattern Jacket

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Christian Dior by John Galliano Trompe l'Oeil Denim Pattern Jacket

By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior

Located in Geneva, CH

Great vintage jacket from John Galliano for the house of Christian Dior. It is made of cotton with a trompe l'oeil denim pattern, easy to wear and a timeless piece !!!! Collection:...

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Early 2000s French Jackets

Helmut Lang Denim Jacket with Folded Cuffs, 1990s

$340Sale Price|20% Off

$663

Size: 42 (It) 38 (Fr) M

Denim jacket with embroideries on the back GALLIANO

By John Galliano

Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR

Denim jacket with embroideries on the back. Branded button and buttonhole on the front and on the cuffs. Authenticity hologram SIZE 42 (It) 38 (Fr)

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Early 2000s Italian Jackets

1990's HELMUT LANG classic slim denim jacket with long turn up cuffs

$325

Size: IT 40

1990's HELMUT LANG classic slim denim jacket with long turn up cuffs

By Helmut Lang

Located in San Fransisco, CA

Classic slim denim jacket with long turn up cuffs designed by Helmut Lang dating to the 1990's. Italian size 40. Approximate measurements: shoulder 15", bust 36", hem width 36", arm ...

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1990s Italian Jackets

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Size: 10

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Bustier corset laçage

By Jean Paul Gaultier

Located in CACHAN, FR

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. Beautiful bustier with lacing at the back, corset style. In very good condition. Size 40 FR. 44 iT, 10US, 12UK.

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Blouses

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Vintage Gaultier Jacket For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the vintage or contemporary vintage gaultier jacket you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Black is a pretty popular color, but we also have Brown, Gray, Red and more in stock now. Making the right choice when shopping for a vintage gaultier jacket may mean looking at versions that date from different eras — you can find early iterations from the 19th 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 Vintage Gaultier Jacket?

On average, a vintage gaultier jacket on 1stDibs sells for $676, while they’re typically $205 on the low end and $5,000 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.

Finding the Right Jackets for You

No matter if you’re preparing for a fashion event or a weather event — you’re going to need a good jacket.

What would become the modern jacket as we know it began as a strictly professional item. A lot of the vintage and designer jackets (and coat styles such as the Navy-inspired peacoat) in our closets were likely popularized by soldiers who battled aggressive climes with their regulation field jackets, bombers and parkas buttoned or zipped to the chin. Indeed, keeping troopers comfortable guided the design of the military surplus garments that have often become buzzy fashion trends. But now, jackets add far more than warmth to our wardrobe, and we hunt down outer layers branded with peerless fashion labels.

Fashion’s most iconic creations, despite their age, remain modern: Biker jackets originated in the 1920s, Balenciaga’s celebrated puffers are steeped in a tradition of down coats that began in the 1930s and your vintage denim jacket has come an even longer way, from California Gold Rush to wardrobe staple. Jeans bequeathed jean jackets during the 1880s, thanks to Levi Strauss, who crafted the former as a durable garment to be worn by miners and railroad workers. Later, jeans and jean jackets became synonymous with nonconformity and rebelliousness — with fashion legends such as actor James Dean in the 1950s and model Veruschka in the 1960s and ’70s leading the indigo-toned charge.

Another fashion rebel, Coco Chanel, used the classic tweed jacket to introduce more comfort and mobility into women’s daily lives. Debuting in 1954 and based on a cardigan, the groundbreaking Chanel jacket forever changed what women wear. The garment reacted against the fitted, constricting styles of Christian Dior’s New Look, which, as Chanel saw it, was making women dress like decorative objects.

On 1stDibs, find bold collections from cutting-edge contemporary designers who’ve taken the classic silhouette of the jacket to new heights or build out your array of vintage treasures (denim or otherwise) with dazzlers from Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Moschino and more.

Questions About Jean Paul Gaultier

When was Jean Paul Gaultier born?
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1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
Jean Paul Gaultier was born on April 24, 1952 in a suburb of Paris. He is known as the ‘enfant-terrible’ of the fashion world, whose designs celebrated androgyny. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Jean Paul Gaultier pieces from some of the world’s top sellers.
How do you say Jean Paul Gaultier?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
If you want to properly pronounce Jean Paul Gaultier, it should sound like ”zhaan-paal-gaal-tee-ay”. Gaultier himself originates from a suburb of Paris, France. You can shop iconic vintage and contemporary Jean Paul Gaultier fashions from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.
How to spot a fake Jean Paul Gaultier?
1 Answer
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
To assess the authenticity of a Jean Paul Gaultier, look for the black tag that features the logo stitched in a typewriter font. If you are buying a vintage Jean Paul Gaultier item, be sure you are buying from a reputable source. Save the stress and shop a collection of properly vetted vintage and new Jean Paul Gaultier designs from some of the world’s top boutiques on 1stDibs.