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French Fashion Designer - Jean Paul Gaultier

French Fashion Designer - Jean Paul Gaultier

Have Jean Paul Gaultier's designs contributed to the objectification of women?

The Interview · BBC World Service

April 25, 201423m 23s

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Show Notes

Hardtalk speaks to the French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier who was known as the 'enfant terrible' of the fashion world for his witty and daring designs. Now in his 60s, is he still as iconoclastic as ever? And, as an exhibition of his best known works continues at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, how does he answer criticisms that some of his designs, like corset dresses and cone bras, contribute to the sexual objectification of women?