Jean-Paul Gaultier was born in Arcueil, France. He studied at the Ecole Communale, the College d’Enseignement, and at the Lycee d’Arcueil. When he reached the age of 17, he sent his design sketches to Paris designer Pierre Cardin. Cardin recognized his talent and offered him a position as design assistant;  he worked for Cardin for two years.  Gauliter then worked for the couture houses of Jacques Esterel, Jean Patou, Angelo Tarlazzi and Michael Goma. In 1976, Gaultier launched his design career under his label for a company called Mayagor, as well as continuing to design free-lance ready-to-wear furs, swimwear, and leather clothing.  In 1978, Gaultier presented his first collection.  In 1982, financed by the Japanese consortium Kashiyama, Gaultier established his own business.  During the 1980s, he was known as the designer who emphasized broad shoulders and narrow hips.  But he is mainly known for his obsession with gender.  Hiscollections showed men in skirts and women wearing underwear on the outside. In 1987 Gaultier received the coveted French Designer of the Year Award.  Gaultier presented his first haute couture collection in 1997 and two years later in 1999, with financial backing from Maison Hermès he was able to increase his reputation and his distribution, with the establishment of a network of boutiques bearing his name. In 2003, he was appointed creative director at Hermes. In 2004, he launched a young denim and sportswear line. BPI launched Gaultier's "Fragile" fragrance in 2000; the package featuring a tiny figure dressed in Gaultier’s couture. Meanwhile, the designer expanded his licensee list with the additions of companies such as Wolford, an Austrian luxury hosiery firm. Gaultier has created costumes for films of Peter Greenaway, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Pedro Almodóvar, and Luc Besson. He has made stage costumes for Madonna, (Madonna's conical bra), and the dancerand choreographer Régine Chopin. Gaultier's latest innovation is a makeupline for men, which he pioneered in 2004. He also launched an eyewear collection in 2006.

Фільмографія

• 2024Thierry Mugler – Modeschöpfer und Showman
• 2019Catherine Ringer sings Les Rita Mitsouko @ Philharmonie de Paris — Costume Designer
• 2019Mylène Farmer: 2019 - Le Film — Costume Design
• 2016Amanda Lear: Let Me Entertain You — Still Photographer
• 2016Гарно жити не заборониш — Jean Paul Gaultier
• 2015Kylie Minogue: Kiss Me Once - Live at the SSE Hydro — Costume Design
• 2014Divina — Costume Design
• 2014Timeless: The Film — Costume Design
• 2013Madonna: MDNA World Tour — Costume Design
• 2010Mylène Farmer : Stade de France — Costume Design
• 2010Snow White — Costume Design
• Projectorparishilton
• 2006Madonna: The Confessions Tour — Costume Design
• 2004La mala educación — Costume Design
• Dangerous Liaisons — Costume Design
• 2001Absolutely Fabulous — Le créateur
• 2001Madonna: Drowned World Tour 2001 — Costume Design
• 1997П’ятий елемент — Costume Design
• 1995Місто загублених дітей — Costume Design
• 1994Fertile La Toyah Video Magazine #2: The Kinky Issue!
• 1993Kika — Costume Design, Costume Designer
• 1991Madonna: Truth or Dare — Self, Costume Designer
• 1990If the Shoe Fits — Thanks
• 1990Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live — Costume Design
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• 1989Кухар, злодій, його дружина та її коханець — Costume Design
• 1986Le Défilé — Costume Designer, Story
• Jean-Paul Gaultier & nWave Studios Feature Film Project — Director

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (63)

• 202670 Jahre ESC - More than Music — Self - Interviewee
• 2025Bruce Willis : les secrets d'une icône — Self
• 2025Enigma — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• In Vogue: The 90s — Self
• Drag Race France — Self - Guest Judge
• 2022George Michael: Freedom Uncut — Self
• 2022In France with Madonna — Self
• 2022Queen Lear – Die Leben der Amanda Lear — Self
• 2021Madame X Presents: Madame Xtra Q&A — Self
• 2021Mylène Farmer - Dans Le Cœur Des Français — Self
• Nabilla : Sans filtre — Self
• 2020La Grande Histoire de l'Eurovision — Self
• La semaine des 4 Julie — Self - Judge
• 2020Martin Margiela: In His Own Words — Self
• Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn — Self (archive footage)
• 2019House of Cardin — Self
• Bonsoir ! — Self - Guest
• 2018Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic — Self
• 2018Jean Paul Gaultier fait son show — Self - Host
• 2017George Michael: Freedom — Self
• 2016Fashion Scandals — self
• 2016Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour — Self - Unapologetic Bitch
• 2016The First Monday in May — Self
• 2015Mylène Farmer : Sur les pas d'une icône — Self
• 2015The Artist Is Absent : A Short Film On Martin Margiela — Himself (designer)
• 2014Bra Wars – Hollywood’s Affair With The Bra — Self
• Un soir à la tour Eiffel — Self
• Casting(s) — Self
• 2013Mademoiselle C — Self
• Fashion ! — Self
• 2012Golden 80s — self
• Danse avec les stars — Self - Judge
• 2011Gaga by Gaultier — Self
• The Day Before — Self
• 2009La Traversée du désir — Self
• 2009The September Issue — Self
• 2008Mon Clown — Self
• 2008Starz Inside: Fashion in Film — Self
• Шоу Ґрема Нортона — Self
• Germany's Next Topmodel — Self - Guest Judge, Self - Special Guest
• Salut les Terriens ! — Self - Guest
• 2005The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star — Self
• 2003Kinky Gerlinky — Self
• 2001Eurotrash Unzipped — Self - Presenter
• Vivement dimanche — Self
• Leute heute — Self
• 1997Pierre and Gilles, Love Stories — Self
• 1995Catwalk — Self
• 1994La Machine Mode — Self
• MTV Europe Music Awards — Self - Host
• NeXt — Self
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Self
• Eurotrash — Self - Presenter
• Absolutely Fabulous — Self
• The Look — Self
• Les Nuls, l'émission — Self
• 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter — Self
• Nulle part ailleurs — Self
• Sacrée soirée — Self
• 1985Mode in France — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Bambi — Self
• Paco Rabanne: A Life Outside the Box — Self