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Jean Paul Gaultier Is Fine With His Flavor

Jean Paul Gaultier attends Vogue Fashion Celebration 2011 in his Avenue George V boutique on September 8, 2011 in Paris, France.
Jean Paul Gaultier attends Vogue Fashion Celebration 2011 in his Avenue George V boutique on September 8, 2011 in Paris, France. Photo: Kristy Sparow/2011 Kristy Sparow

“I am no more the flavor of the month, or the year, or the decade, but it has been 35 years,” says Jean Paul Gaultier of his career in the New York Times. “I can say in some way I am lucky, when I look at the people who were there with me at the beginning, and I am the one who is still here. I am still appreciated, but not for the same reason as before.”

Jean Paul Gaultier Is Fine With His Flavor