A Study on the Voluptuous Beauty Represented on Jean Paul Gaultier's Fashion Design - Mainly the Movie ${\ulcorner}$The 5th Element${\lrcorner}$ -

장 폴 고티에(Jean Paul Gaultier) 의상디자인에 나타난 관능미 연구 - 영화 "제5원소"를 중심으로 -

  • Byun, Mi-Yeon (Dept. of Fashion Design & Apparel Industry, Wonkwang university) ;
  • Lee, In-Seong (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University)
  • 변미연 (원광대학교 생활과학부) ;
  • 이인성 (이화여자대학교 의류직물학과)
  • Published : 2006.09.30

Abstract

Jean Paul Gaultier, debuted in 1970's and referred to as a bad boy in Paris fashion industry with his abnormal and ingenious ideas such as skirts for men, underwear outfit, etc, is a leading fashion designer. This study nay find its meaning from the fact that this study defines how the voluptuous beauty, one of the figurative beauties inherent in Jean Paul Gaultier's design, expresses in the movie costume and understands the world of the designer's fashion to provide a foundation to fashion designers who are looking for a new area where they can actively involve in. For the study, the 'The Fifth Element (1997)', in which the voluptuous beauty, Jean Paul Gaultier's representative figurative beauty, is fully revealed, and also it is his latest movie he participated in as costume designer, was selected and costume design is analyzed using DVD screen capture program. Also, this study reviewed his design with his collections from 1997 when he was invited to Haute Couture and began to actively perform his works down to date and also referred to numerous materials, fashion magazines, movie magazines, Internet data and etc. From the results of analyzing Jean Paul Gaultier collections, firs, the beauty he is pursuing is projected broadly in three types- the voluptuous beauty from clothing innovation, the voluptuous beauty from unpolished nature, the voluptuous beauty from exposure. Second, the movie ${\ulcorner}$The Fifth Element${\lrcorner}$ is well revealed the world of Jean Paul Gaultier's art presenting visual amusement and variety of attractions. Finally, the results of analyzing costume by characters say that the clothing innovation and the voluptuous beauty from exposure on Leeloo's costume, the voluptuous beauty from exposure on Korben Dallas's costume, the voluptuous beauty from unpolished nature on Zorg and Ruby Rhod's costumes are well shown respectively.

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