FILE PHOTO: Designer Jean Paul Gaultier reacts at the end of his Haute Couture Spring / Summer 2020 fashion show in Paris, France, on January 22, 2020. REUTERS / Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) – French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier announced Wednesday that it will name a new designer for each of its seasonal Haute Couture collections after its founding designer said goodbye to the catwalks in January.
The fashion brand said that Japanese designer Chitose Abe, founder of the Sacai brand, would be the first designer to participate in the new concept.
“(Chitose Abe) will present the next Haute Couture collection in July 2020,” said Jean Paul Gaultier in a press release.
“The idea of different designers interpreting a Haute Couture brand came to me in the 1990s,” said 67-year-old designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.
The Jean Paul Gaultier brand belongs to the Spanish company Puig.
Report by Sarah White and Matthieu Protard, edited by Louise Heavens
