[Gwyneth Paltrow and Valentino]
Fashion doc makes a star-studded debut
On April 1, LACMA presented the West Coast premiere of Valentino: The Last Emperor, a film that offers an unprecedented look into the world of haute couture by examining the creative genius of Valentino Garavani and his business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti–both recipients of the 2009 Costume Council Legend Award–who together created an international fashion empire.
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[Marion Cotillard at the 2008 Academy Awards. Courtesy Jean Paul Gaultier]
Catching up with high fashion czar Jean Paul Gaultier
It was a career-making dress—for the woman who wore it, Marion Cotillard, and the man who designed it, Jean Paul Gaultier. When the French actress walked the red carpet and later accepted the Oscar for Best Actress at the 80th Annual Academy Awards this February, dressed in a la petite sirène gown of ivory crepe embroidered in silver thread, it catapulted Jean Paul Gaultier, l’enfant terrible of French fashion, from a figure of cult status known mostly to the cognoscenti into the rarefied realm of designers whose names, signatures and styles are globally recognizable, even outside of the world of fashion.
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