Dress
1996
- Gallery location
- Not on display
About this work
Jean Paul Gaultier considers the body to be the foundation of his work and a recurrent source of inspiration for designs that materialise as second skins. Through his exploration of trompe-l’oeil, Gaultier disrupts ideas of gender and ideal body shapes.
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Portrait group: The singer Farinelli and friends
Jacopo AMIGONI
Calvary
FLANDERS; Jan BRUEGHEL I (studio of)
Throne
Carlo BUGATTI
The skittle players
David TENIERS II
Banner
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
Moses bringing down the Tables of the Law
John Rogers HERBERT
Dress
CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer)
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
Dress
CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer)
Baronne Madeleine Deslandes
Edward BURNE-JONES
Shoes
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
The first cloud
William Quiller ORCHARDSON
Teacup and saucer
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Ecstasy
André MASSON
Dress
CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer)
Dress
CHANEL, Paris (fashion house); Karl LAGERFELD (designer)
Shoes
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
Scaramouche and Columbine
MEISSEN PORCELAIN FACTORY, Meissen (manufacturer); Johann Joachim KÄNDLER (modeller)
Dress and sash
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
Jacket
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
Dress
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
Dress and sash
ZANDRA RHODES, London (fashion house); Zandra RHODES (designer)
The finding of the True Cross
COLA dell'Amatrice
Mary, Lady Vere
William LARKIN
The thinker
Auguste RODIN
October
Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE
Hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
Dress
JULIEN MACDONALD, London (fashion house); Julien MacDONALD (designer)
Great dancing pair
Erich HECKEL