Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)
Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Black Silk Braided Suit (SS 2012)

£8,463.00
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Curator's Note

This Jean Paul Gaultier suit is from the Spring/Summer 2012 Haute Couture collection, titled "It Took Me By Surprise" after a lyric from "Tears Dry on Their Own," shown in Paris as a tribute to Amy Winehouse, who had died six months earlier. Gaultier has said he never met Winehouse but considered her "truly a fashion icon," citing the way she mixed pieces from different decades and her influence on style more broadly. The collection styled models with Winehouse's signature beehive and winged eyeliner, set to her recorded vocals, and mixed silk, corsetry and platforms with hoodies and baseball jackets. This two-piece suit is constructed of hand-linked black silk braids joined by hand-embroidered openwork, and required 200 hours to make.

Description

  • Two-piece suit comprising jacket and pencil skirt in hand-linked black silk braids
  • Braids joined throughout by hand-embroidered openwork
  • Notched lapels and curved silhouette
  • Fastened with jet-like glass buttons
  • Pale nude chiffon lining
  • From the Jean Paul Gaultier "It Took Me By Surprise" Haute Couture SS 2012 collection - an Amy Winehouse tribute
  • 200 hours of construction

Size & Measurements

  • Haute couture piece, no size label - equivalent to FR 36 - 38 by measurements (please refer to measurements for accurate fit)
  • Measurements are taken with the garment laid flat:

Jacket:

  • Shoulder Width: 41cm
  • Chest: 44cm
  • Waist: 35cm
  • Length: 56cm

Skirt:

  • Waist: 33cm
  • Hips: 45cm
  • Length: 75cm

Very good

This has been well-preserved. Any imperfections are negligible and do not detract from the item's overall appearance or functionality.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Jean Paul Gaultier is a French fashion designer who launched his label in Paris in 1976, having begun his career as an assistant to Pierre Cardin. Dubbed the enfant terrible of French fashion, he built his aesthetic around subcultures the mainstream of fashion ignored, including the biker, the fetishist and the punk, and made the Breton sailor stripe a recurring signature of his own French heritage. He brought corsetry and lingerie onto the runway as structural elements and introduced men's skirts in 1984. The cone bra corset, which first appeared in his Spring/Summer 1989 collection, became globally recognised when Madonna wore it on the Blond Ambition World Tour in 1990. He presented his final haute couture show in 2020.

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  • As seen on the haute couture Spring - Summer 20212 runway
  • Belonged to the prominent haute couture collector Mouna Ayoub

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