Originally posted by vogue.co.uk
BREAD OF HEAVEN
JEAN PAUL GAULTIER is putting carbs back in fashion. The designer is currently working on an exhibition of pieces made of bread for the Cartier art museum in Paris. The show, that is due to open on June 6, is entitled 'Pain Couture' and is, a spokesman for JPG tells Women's Wear Daily, an attempt to make art and fashion more "vital" by using a basic of human sustenance. Visitors to the museum will even receive a freebie Gaultier-inspired baguette, baked fresh on the premises, as they leave… In other Gaultier news, this month's Vogue investigates his rampage onto the Hermes catwalk, where he debuted during Paris Fashion Week in March. And, according to the man himself, landing the job was all his own work. "I did not accept the position: I proposed it," he admits. "Mr Dumas (the Hermes president), had called me as Martin Margiela (the outgoing womenswear designer) was leaving - by the way, I think he did marvelous things, truly pure, minimal and just right at the right time - and asked me for my opinion. I suggested some names and he did not say anything. Later, at home, I thought, what about me to do it? I love my work and this was a challenge - I had always imagined what I would do at Hermes. I phoned Dumas and said maybe I have someone for you: we had lunch and that was that." (May 11 2004, AM)
