Guests rush to the entrance of the Jean Paul Gaultier Fall-Winter 2026/2027 show on Sunday, March 8. This is the second collection that Durand Lantinck has created for the brand since his appointment as creative director in April 2025.
Alex Consani during the Jean Paul Gaultier fall-winter 2026/2027 show
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The Dutch-born designer seems to have carefully studied the archives of Jean Paul Gaultier. Like the couturier himself before him, Durand Lantinck constructed the Jean Paul Gaultier autumn-winter 2026/2027 show as a real stage. The podium became a gallery of characters who appeared in turn before the audience.
A detective appears on the catwalk. Then a cowboy. Next comes a banker from Fifth Avenue. He walks the catwalk with noticeable confidence. Durand Lantinck works with well-known codes and archetypes. He quotes them and at the same time reinterprets them. This approach has always been characteristic of Jean Paul Gaultier. In this collection, the designer maintains the same ironic and defiant gaze that has long become part of the style of the fashion house.
A vintage mesh T-shirt with an image of Marlene Dietrich became the starting point of the Jean Paul Gaultier autumn-winter 2026/2027 collection, created by Durand Lantinck. Marlene Dietrich was an icon of the 1940s. The actress shaped the image of a free woman and consciously played with gender roles. She especially loved to wear tuxedos. This is how Marlene Dietrich demonstratively blurred the line between masculine and feminine style.
On the Jean Paul Gaultier catwalk, a portrait of Marlene Dietrich smoking a cigarette appeared on a long, tight dress. This dress was shown by model Alex Consani. The greatest effect became noticeable when the model walked past the show guests. It seemed that smoke was literally rising from her long, smoothly styled blond hair. This smoke looked like a continuation of the image on the dress. The visual effect created a direct connection between the image of Marlene Dietrich on the dress and the image of the model on the Jean Paul Gaultier catwalk. Such a performance, as you can imagine, did not go unnoticed.
