Jean-Paul Gaultier Exhibit At San Francisco's De Young Museum

What an amazing, amazing display of inventiveness, nerve, and riotous good fun!

Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Madonna, 1990
Corset-style bodysuit by Jean Paul Gaultier for Madonna’s Blond Ambition Tour (1990).
Chromogenic print

Stage costume worn by Madonna’s dancers during the opening segment of the Confessions Tour (2006)
Satin vest; chaps-style jodhpurs with saddle.
Courtesy of Madonna, New York.

“La mariée” wedding gown
The Hussars collection, haute couture fall/winter 2002/2003
Silk faille skirt with metal bodice and shoulder jewelry; headdress and train of silk tulle and feathers.

The center dress, made with pheasant feathers, was my favorite of the exhibit.

(This dress was Mary Young's favorite.)

Made from a garbage bag, plus other refuse.

Costume from the Luc Besson film The Fifth Element (1997)
Low-cut fake leopardskin jumpsuit with matching thigh-high boots
Worn by Chris Tucker in the film.

Gabardine bodysuit and boots
Movie Stars collection haute couture fall/winter 2009-2010
Trench-style stretch gabardine bodysuit with shoulder flaps; matching thigh-high boots.
Time needed to create: 180 hours.
Bodysuit worn by Beyoncé in her music video for “Video Phone” (2009).

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