Fashion / ShowJean Paul Gaultier Couture AW13The cat's out of the bag for Gaultier's feline inspired coutureShareLink copied ✔️July 4, 2013FashionShowText Susie Lau Photography Lea Colombo Jean Paul Gaultier Couture AW13 The cat was well and truly let out of the bag at Jean Paul Gaultier’s latest couture show. His various big cat female characters – Catwoman, Cruella de Ville and Pussy Faster vamped down the runway, on the prowl for…who knows what? They chose to do whilst wearing leopard and cheetah spots and big cat hues of brown on eighties nodding broad shouldered coats, jackets, cinched in with a belt and topped up off with a cone-esque quiff, sometimes sprayed with spots. These man eaters' curves were accentuated either with exaggerated angular pockets jutting out at the hips or with padded swirls curling their way around body-conscious dresses. The ultimate hark back to Gaultier’s enfant terrible days played out on French reality TV star Nabilla Benattia whose chest practically couldn’t be contained within Gaultier’s plunging strapless gown with feathers splayed at the hips. We think that was the point. Following the David Bowie Is exhibition at the V&A, we also had an Ashes to Ashes moment with the final bride ensemble, resembling a wedding appropriate version of Bowie’s Pierrot costume featured in the video. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingPhotos of the ‘techno sluts’ at Berlin’s all-day runway raveDesigner Damur Huang staged his SS27 collection in an industrial skatepark, bringing fashion, performance and partying together under one roofFashionBeautyWhy are women now talking like looksmaxxers?Pull&BearFashionSongs Worth Reading: Sophia Stel and PULL&BEAR find dark academia in ParisLife & CultureThe 10 best moments from a cursed World CupBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaArt & PhotographyThe Japanese photographers finding beauty in what others overlookBeauty‘I trust my own body’: The rise of the unquantified self Life & CultureIt’s a sin: Why gen Z are turning against ‘lust’MusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy