Top Picks: Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2011 Couture

Some very elegant looks in this collection, all with Jean Paul Gaultier’s signature touch of audacity (or indecency, whichever way you like to look at it!). The 30s and 40s influence is there, though there’s a feeling of 2011 does 1986 doing 1941, if you know what I mean. And I couldn’t help but include the can-can skirt here, how delicious! No better way to end a fashion show, but with a little high-kicking down the runway. The whole affair makes me think of a nightclub in Paris, today or perhaps in the early 1980s. The Lido, or the Crazy Horse…

Lady Gaga in Cosmopolitan Magazine

Not often that the quirky Lady Gaga should wear something that fits into the aesthetic realm of SwingFashionista, but she does put her own twist on these vintage style dainties. In the pink number she looks something like a bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier perfume, that might bite you if you get too close…