Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 2012-13, Paris

Fashion Week Paris - JEAN PAUL GAULTIER - “There were great metallics and an urban layering feel. I loved the gold and bronzes,” said Vogue’s Harriet Quick after the show – which commenced with a suitably dramatic curtain opening to reveal what seemed like a molten rock climbing wall. It wasn’t, but you get the gist and you knew that the rest to come was going to be suitably hard-edged and glamorous – essentially glam rock (get it?!).
We had lots of leather and lots of jackets – mostly of a circus ringmaster’s cropped proportion of the latter and gilets and tunic dresses of the former. This girl looked like she had got in late last night and probably hadn’t yet been to bed, but she still looked good for it – her jacket slung openly across a shoulder in a coy manner to let someone know she’s interested. There were blazers of oversizes and there were big blouson-sleeved numbers, huge fur hoods in bright shocking shades and, of course, corseted belts.
Puffa jackets – we saw them in London and if they’ve made it to Paris, they’re an official trend – came out with bright fur stoles, mimicking the undulating “puff” shapes, and then came fur coats or gilets of the most rich magentas and reds which boasted shaggy hairy skirts to go with them.
Source : Vogue