FASHION DESIGNER

Jean-Paul Gaultier

1952 - Today

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Jean Paul Gaultier (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 June 1952) is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs including corsets, marinières, and tin cans. Gaultier founded his eponymous fashion label in 1982, and expanded with a line of fragrances in 1993. He was the creative director for French luxury house Hermès from 2003 to 2010, and retired following his 50th-anniversary haute couture show during Paris Fashion Week in January 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Paul Gaultier is the 8th most popular fashion designer (up from 18th in 2019), the 413th most popular biography from France (up from 1,085th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Fashion Designer.

Jean-Paul Gaultier is most famous for his provocative and avant-garde designs.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 8 out of 51. Before him are Karl Lagerfeld, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, and Maurizio Gucci. After him are Vivienne Westwood, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ralph Lauren, Donatella Versace, Hubert de Givenchy, and Roberto Cavalli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 14. Before him are David Hasselhoff, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Park Geun-hye, Roberto Benigni, Salome Zourabichvili, and Arkan. After him are Nelson Piquet, Robert Zemeckis, Emomali Rahmon, Zoran Đinđić, Christopher Reeve, and KP Sharma Oli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 413 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Patrice de MacMahon (1808), Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Paul Valéry (1871), and Paul Sabatier (1854). After him are Claude Bernard (1813), James I of Aragon (1208), Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908), Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), and Émilie du Châtelet (1706).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In France

Among fashion designers born in France, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 3. Before him are Coco Chanel (1883), and Christian Dior (1905). After him are Hubert de Givenchy (1927), Thierry Mugler (1948), Paul Poiret (1879), Rose Bertin (1747), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Christian Lacroix (1951), Emanuel Ungaro (1933), Christian Louboutin (1964), and Jean Patou (1887).

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