Jean-Paul Gaultier

For its Spring ‘25 pre-collection, Maison Jean-Paul Gaultier celebrates the art of reinvention through hybrid evolutions of its legacy codes. Driven by the expertise of Gaultier’s in-house studio, this collection explores a rebelliously reductive process that sharpens the focus of its ready-to-wear line. In the incisive hands of the atelier, heritage shapes are shrunken, expanded, flattened and rearranged with a punk precision that is the very essence of JPG. A shuffle of volumes and characters, maximal and minimal, it is a collection that uses the Gaultier language in a new way, exposing its codes to radical variations.

In 1995, the torrid affair of a sailor and a showgirl swept across tv screens, stirring the imagination of a generation. The first of many Jean-Baptiste Mondino campaigns for Jean-Paul Gaultier, Le Mâle exposed the subversive and cinematic universe that defines the brand to this day.
Imagined as ‘Gaultier in a bottle’ the extracts the codes of this visual landmark to compose its signature blend of craft and creativity. From the archetypal heroes, to the smoked marinière bottle and chrome can, the distilled details of Le Mâle are familiar accents in a high-contrast collection.

Through the shaded lens of Casper Sejersen, the deconstruction and reconstruction of everyday archetypes produce pin-ups for a new world. Both sailor and showgirl, strong and soft, formal and fluid, the season’s silhouettes are a cut-up of wardrobe essentials chiseled by couture savoir-faire.
In the reverted seams of pin-stripe suiting, the extreme proportions of denim separates and the injections of corsetry and lingerie emerges a renewed definition of power dressing. Micro-bombers meet maxi-pant overalls and business bustiers that blur the line between function and fantasy. In the warm abstraction of a white background, spliced patterns and studied transparencies are instruments of a modular wardrobe that reflects the diversity of contemporary identities.

Beyond craft or concept, this collection finds its roots in the personality behind JPG. Mischievous, masterful, modern - it is high-fashion with a side of fun, purpose at play.
As the sequence unfolds, a flurry of cone-cupped gowns, twisted marinières and painted outerwear offer extraordinary solutions to the experience of ordinary life.
Throughout, the graphic and trompe-l’oeil prints of second-skin mesh are stretched and layered on the body, revealing its surreal sensuality. Like glitches on a tv screen, flashes of a distant daydream, these vivid sensations pay tribute to the art of illusion and the transformative power of fashion.