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Article: GAULTIER'S GAME PLAN: MULTITASKING, NEW HQ AND `SEMI' COUTURE.
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- WWD
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- July 6, 2004
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Byline: Miles Socha
PARIS -- Jean Paul Gaultier loves couture any which way, whether it's "haute" or made of dough, as his quirky exhibition of baked fashion confections at the Cartier Foundation of contemporary art here attests.
He even loves couture half-cooked, disclosing to WWD that he plans to introduce what he's tentatively calling "semi couture" in January. It will be a collection of ultraluxurious dresses requiring only one fitting, which will be sold exclusively at his dozen or so boutiques.
"I think that this could be the solution for couture," Gaultier said, referring to the dwindling number of purveyors, with Emanuel Ungaro, ...