![]() Rocha dusted off her Irish dancing moves and cantered down the runway in a tartan outfit to the sound of Missy Elliott’s “Pass That Dutch” as the audience went wild. Highlights included Von Teese in a nude satin belted corset de Palma in a short black bustier dress and mantilla Gigi Hadid in a barely there sailor top and pleated white pants, and Dalle in a black négligé and satin pants, dropping a cigarette on the catwalk in the French equivalent of a mic drop. Outfits woven and pieced together from silk scarves nodded to his tenure as artistic director of women’s rtw at Hermès from 2003 to 2010. Gaultier was on creative full throttle, sending out male, female and transgender models in his-and-hers tuxedos, tricolor French flags, shredded jeans, camouflage capes, taffeta boiler suits and chiffon dresses with exotic accents. “There were maybe 50 looks that were completely new, and the rest was a mix of ready-to-wear, things that I bought in China,” added the designer, who halted his rtw business in 2014. So for me it was an adventure and I was in reality very excited to see what I should do,” he explained. It’s part of my education because of flea markets, things like that. Rather than burning them, or something like that, you can make something else. “I was thinking there are too many clothes, so maybe recycle it. ![]() Speaking backstage after the show, where he was swarmed by well-wishers, Gaultier said he initially planned to show only a portion of upcycled outfits - and then it became the whole show. ![]() Sure enough, the soundtrack soon switched to the couturier’s 1988 dance single “How to Do That,” as models emerged in dresses pieced together from gloves, ties, shirts and needlepoint hoops - a fitting move for a man who once showed tin cans as jewelry on the runway. See Also: Fashion, Entertainment World Pays Homage to Jean Paul Gaultier
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