Jean-Paul Gaultier

As the film festival opens its doors today, our resident fashion historian, The Kimbino, looks back at some of the best looks to date. Featuring: Balenciaga, Bella Hadid, Jean Paul Gaultier and more!

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear at London’s V&A journeys through the complex history of modern menswear. The best bits? When fashion’s at its most radical.

February 1984: “The badly-dressed people are always the most interesting,” says Jean-Paul Gaultier. His zany and iconoclastic creations have managed to bemuse even the most modern tastes. Here are six of the most striking, described and photographed by the designer himself.