Collection by Tiffany Chu
Apartment Decorated by Gaultier
Stepping into the freshly decorated apartment by Jean-Paul Gaultier at Trocadero in Paris, I felt as if I had been transported into a quixotic dream, complete with a choppy journey through a triage of disparate scenes. In a grey area where expression and aesthetic surely override function and utility, it is nevertheless intriguing to experience the continuously blurring boundaries where fashion and architecture meet.
In a 2,700-square-foot apartment previously owned by French architect Jacques Carlu, Gaultier is the third fashion designer given the opportunity to re-envision it. Jacques Carlu was the architect of the Palais de Chaillot in the 1930s, across from the Eiffel Tower, where the
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and a slew of other museums now occupy. Before Gaultier, the apartment had been transformed into a classy white party by Martin Margiela in 2009 and a Baroque wonderland by Christian Lacroix in 2008.
Previously owned by French architect Jacques Carlu, the Jean-Paul Gaultier–designed apartment at Trocadero in Paris is a journey through a multitude of surreal scenes with dizzying lines, furniture protruding from the walls, and a jungle of plants. On the terrace, mirror tiles and protrusions create a fractured landscape.