Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2010

Jean Paul Gaultier decided it'd be okay to appropriate Mexican culture for his Spring 2010 Couture Collection. Even Style.com thought Señor Gaultier went a little to far trying to place a theme on his show. Not so much because he was being a conquistador and taking the culture, but because he always tries to do something so big and elaborate. I went through the entire collection and it just felt like it was La India Maria in haute couture form. He had rebozos, "Aztec-inspired" items, and charro-type head pieces. He even had one of his models lip-synch to Carmen Miranda as he came out at the end. Pendejo, she was Brazilian! What does she have to do with mariachi bands and Mexico? It's one thing to be  "inspired" and one thing to take from the culture and not know anything about it. Don't try to interpret something you don't understand, Gaultier! Quit trying to make my people exotic and "othering" them, jerk.

 

  

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