Paris Fashion Week (Spring 2008) has surprised me a little. I can name this state even as a shock. So, you have an opportunity to view the Paris prêt-à-porter season right now:

General moments:

• a variety of bright colours, catwalks looked like a roost of colourful and rare butterflies: pink, red, yellow etc. flowers, feathers, prints; frocks, bows, kimonos; either small or extremely big bags; high-heeled shoes;

  

  
  
  
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Jean-Paul Gaultier is a very popular French designer, no doubts, it stands in one row with Galliano, Dior, Lacroix and other designers, which really contributed in the development of a fashion world.

It is amazing, but Jean-Paul didn't get a special education, but he was really talented and adore clothes, so when he was young, he sent his drawings to famous couture stylists and good luck smiled him — in 1970 he became an assistant of Pierre Cardin. Jean-Paul was only 18 years old. But not everything was so smooth, the house was overstuffed and Jean was fired. It was a gloomy period, but he survived it and started working for Jacques Esterel fashion house. In 1974 he returned to Cardin and was immediately sent to Manila, there his works were highly popular. In 1975 — Gaultier came back to France and began saving money…


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