The news comes after couture fashion week was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic.
, the brand said in a statement: “Even though our new haute couture concept will see the light of day only in January 2021, our teams, Chitose Abe and Jean Paul Gaultier are as committed to it as ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us like all the other couture houses, but we are confident that the success of Jean Paul Gaultier’s last couture collection in January will help us traverse this difficult year.
at Couture Week, however there was no word as to who would replace him at the helm of the label. Until now., the brand will enlist a revolving roster of creatives to design the collection each season. First up is Sacai designer Chitose Abe who will design the Fall 2020 couture collection which will show at Couture Week in July. Speaking to the site, Gaultier said the strategy will allow the designers to “interpret the codes of the house and give the vision of the haute couture.
Sacai is known for its fashion forward streetwear, with couture being a new arena for Abe. On the opportunity, she told, “I have a long-held admiration for Jean Paul’s unique vision of subversive femininity and his originality, both of which I’ve strived towards in my work since the beginning. It’s a true honour to be given the opportunity to be custodian of his house as the first designer of this project.
since 2014, as well as having designed limited edition collabs for Beats by Dr. Dre, Uggs, Birkenstock and The North Face. Couture Week in July is going to be one for the history books, thanks to this collection, as well as the
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