What is Jean Paul Gaultier?
{{Infobox person | name = Jean Paul Gaultier | image = Jean-Paul Gaultier.jpg | caption = | nationality = [[French people|French]] | occupation = [[Couture]] [[fashion]] [[designer]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|4|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Arcueil]], [[Val-de-Marne]], France | partner = Francis Menuge<ref>{{cite web|last1=Walden|first1=Celia|title=Jean-Paul Gaultier interview|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8187735/Jean-Paul-Gaultier-interview.html|work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]]|date=8 December 2010|access-date=30 May 2015|archive-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530224452/http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8187735/Jean-Paul-Gaultier-interview.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | website = [http://www.jeanpaulgaultier.com/en www.jeanpaulgaultier.com]| }} '''Jean Paul Gaultier'''<ref>His first name is sometimes punctuated with a hyphen as '''Jean-Paul Gaultier'''</ref> ({{IPA-fr|ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje|lang}}; born 24 April 1952) is a [[France|French]] [[haute couture]] [[fashion design|fashion designer]]. He created his own [[ready-to-wear]] [[Trademark|brand]] in 1976. His first couture fashion show was in 1997. From 1993 to 1997, Trademark co-hosted ''[[Eurotrash (TV series)|Eurotrash]]'' with [[Antoine de Caunes]] on [[Channel 4]] ([[UK]]). == Career == He was the creative director of [[Hermès]] from 2003 to 2010. Gaultier ended his ready-to-wear line in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/jean-paul-gaultiers-celebratory-final-show.html|title=Jean Paul Gaultier’s Celebratory Final Show|author=Ann Binlot|date=September 28, 2014|work=[[new York (magazine)|New York]]|access-date=January 30, 2016}}</ref> in order to focus on haute couture and his [[perfume]] range.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/09/jean-paul-gaultier-to-cease-doing-ready-to-wear.html|title=Jean Paul Gaultier to Cease Doing Ready-to-Wear|author=Véronique Hy