June 17th, 2011
The Great Gaultier
We already love his signature stripes and celebrated sense of style, and now we can visit an exhibit offering a retrospective of the career of the fashion world’s enfant terrible.
Marking the 35th anniversary of the designer’s own label, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts will present The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk from June 17 to October 2, 2011. The exhibition will feature approximately 120 couture and prêt‐à‐porter ensembles created over the last 35 years, inspired by everything from the boudoir to the Eurostar. Sketches, stage costumes, excerpts from films, runway shows, concerts, videos, dance performances and television programmes will all be included to highlight Gaultier’s creative collaborations with other artists including filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, photographer Mario Testino and pop stars Madonna and Kylie Minogue, among others.
We won’t be fashionably late for this exhibit. —JN
For admission and hours click here.
For photos from the opening galas, see our French edition's Editors' Diary
