From the Archives: When Vogue Checked in on Jean Paul Gaultier, the “Maestro of Mayhem,” in 1991

“You’re not being ingenuous?”

He exploded with laughter, acknowledged the remotest possibility with a sidelong glance, and bellowed in English, “I seenk eet’s bee-u-tee-ful!”

Fashion editors call his clothes closet classics. The drama…

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