Abstract
The universe of Jean Paul Gaultier teems with forms and interminglings. Jasmin characterizes Gaultier as a free-spirited artist who draws his inspiration from cinema, literature, the visual arts and music, as well as ethnic and street cultures. That openness and his boundless imagination provided Denis Marleau and Stéphanie Jasmin with extensive leeway in conceiving the dramatic framework for the mannequins. They had already been fleshing out the characters before any writing was done, discovering photos of their garments and the theme of the fashion collection from which they hailed. Jasmin reflects, “The characters were already speaking to us, as it were. That natural theatricality immediately exploded in all its splendour. One fundamental question we posed concerned that inherent emotional force of the mannequins, whether it was really necessary to dramatize them any further.”
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