This was actually great! Showcasing both couture and pret-a-porter pieces - and, thanks to this exhibition, I now know the difference between the two - across a mix of mannequins (many with projected, moving faces and speaking alternately in French and English, adding a considerable dynamism; some, in the 'Punk cancan' room, on a revolving catwalk) and photographs (figures like Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole, all deserving of their iconic status in this context in a way that I rarely grasp or focus on - and, especially, Madonna).
I hadn't known that Gaultier did the costume design for The City of Lost Children, but it makes sense in retrospect; also (separately) I can't remember ever having had my breath taken away even a little bit by a piece of clothing but that's the effect that a long tortoiseshell-print silk satin cape (part of a 'Swashbuckler' collection) had. The bondage room was apt too.
I hadn't known that Gaultier did the costume design for The City of Lost Children, but it makes sense in retrospect; also (separately) I can't remember ever having had my breath taken away even a little bit by a piece of clothing but that's the effect that a long tortoiseshell-print silk satin cape (part of a 'Swashbuckler' collection) had. The bondage room was apt too.
