Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Fashion is about what you look like, which translates to what you would like to be like. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
My only fashion school was what I saw in the newspapers and on television — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Designers are to be in connection with what's happening with the movement of society. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
It's always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Clothes became my attraction and obsession early. I wasn't so interested in dressing myself because I was not my object of desire. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I love and admire everyone who is different. I love that. The 'jet set' is banal. 'Good taste' is banal. Eccentricity is… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I have always been drawn to designing fashions that are rebellious, like black leather jackets on suburban kinds, a corset dress, punk,… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I went to London a lot as a young designer because London was a major inspiration, not only for the clothes but… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
When I first started to do fashion shows I didn't have the budget to hire top models so I would cast women… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I don't like dreams or reality. I like when dreams become reality because that is my life. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert -… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible. — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
It's good that there is more support of diversity but there is still a lot of resistance. I never saw it as fighting for… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
I like the dynamism and the joy cabare creates. I have always taken my job very seriously, but have always liked to have fun,… — Jean Paul Gaultier Copy Share Image
