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“She
can wear anything," Jean Paul Gaultier
said about his friend Madonna” |
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| Gaultier's
New Look for Madonna by Miles Socha |
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| Published:
Monday, May 15, 2006 |
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| But more often than not,
the pop superstar chooses to wear Gaultier, which
will be the case when her "Confessions"
world tour kicks off Sunday at the Los Angeles Forum. |
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| Sixteen years after
Gaultier's cone-breasted bustier from the
"Blonde Ambition" tour ignited an
innerwear-outerwear trend, Madonna will take
to the stage in looks that range from kinky
equestrian and haute harem to what might be
described as Biblical chic — an off-the-shoulder
blouse and velvet cropped pants accessorized
with a crown of thorns. Also, in keeping with
the disco flavor of her latest album, there
will be a flaring white pantsuit à
la "Saturday Night Fever" and a
sparkly pink jumpsuit. |
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| Gaultier gave WWD a
preview of the costumes for a spectacle Madonna
has boasted will "turn the world into one
big dance floor." To be sure, it will cement
the star's reputation as a quick-change artist,
with at least four complete changes, plus several
on-stage transformations. |
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| DGaultier's couture
atelier in Paris has been working overtime
to realize jodhpurs, blouses and jackets in
luxurious fabrics such as taffeta, duchess
satin, Chantilly lace and silk chiffon. Deadpans
Gaultier about the Material Girl: "She's
quite obsessed with the quality of fabrics." |
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| Not to mention every
last detail of the show's look. "It's
her baby as a tour," Gaultier said. "She's
in total command, like the director of a movie." |
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| But as has been the
case over an 18-year friendship, the pop star
and the couturier are typically tuned in to
the same fashion station. |
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| Just as Madonna took
up horseback riding in a serious way —
even taking a fall last year that landed her
in the hospital — Gaultier was hitching
himself to Hermès as its new designer
of women's ready-to-wear, including in his
first collection a saddle-like bustier and
a belt sprouting a tail out the back. |
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| In fact, the horsey
connections go way back. Some 15 years ago,
Gaultier took Madonna to the Zingaro theatrical
horse show in Paris, "and she loved it." |
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| But while Madonna
may come to the table with firm ideas about
the look and themes of her concert, she expects
Gaultier to come back to her with creative
propositions. |
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| French
newspaper Libération
has premiered costume-sketches by Jean-Paul
Gaultier today |
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Sketches
of the wardrobe Jean Paul Gaultier created for
Madonna's "Confessions" tour, which
kicks off May 21
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