Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2026 Collection
Duran Lantink’s debut for Jean Paul Gaultier unfolded like a fever dream — a decadent afterparty turned science-fiction fantasy, where bodies became architecture and fashion pulsed like something alive.
Held in the subterranean halls of the Musée du Quai Branly, the show’s prelude was cinematic: a long bar lined with half-empty champagne glasses, abandoned liquor bottles, and the faint echo of a night gone too far. Out of this glamorous wreckage emerged Lantink’s new Gaultier — irreverent, sensual, and unapologetically futuristic.
The first look fused the house’s iconic cone bra with Lantink’s own pneumatic, bumper-like silhouettes — a witty collision of eras and egos. What followed was a cascade of gravity-defying constructions: high-cut bodysuits, trench coats sliced clean across the torso, and sculptural dresses that seemed to hover around the body like magnetic fields.
There were plenty of visual puns and optical illusions — leggings and tops printed with cartoonish internal organs, 3D tattoos, or tufts of hair rendered in uncanny detail. Some pieces bore the Junior Gaultier label, the brand’s revived diffusion line that served as Lantink’s first point of inspiration. “There’s a freedom in how people transform themselves for nightlife — something you rarely see in daylight,” he said backstage, his words as charged as the clothes themselves.
Not every look was meant for real life, but the collection was packed with potential. The printed leggings and cropped tops, sailor-hat-curved jackets, long dresses, and trousers with sculpted waistbands all hinted at what could become wearable desire. Accessories — especially the sunglasses that seemed to float away from the face — added an uncanny, almost surreal dimension.
