Jean Paul Gaultier brings Shayne Oliver into his ranks

As announced today through the official accounts of Jean Paul Gaultier and Shayne Oliver Group, we are about to witness a meeting between two titans of the industry: Jean Paul Gaultier and Shayne Oliver. On May 6, the day of the Met Gala, the collaboration between these two visionaries will come in the form of a Ready-To-Wear capsule that fuses Gaultier’s legacy with Oliver’s subversive aesthetic.

The Enfant Terrible de la Mode has certainly been in the spotlight lately. From the announcement of Nicolas Di Felice as his next Haute Couture designer to the recent unveiling of an unparalleled campaign with Tokischa & Amelia Gray, Gaultier has been constantly dropping bombshells. Now, he is preparing to compete with the Met Gala with an unprecedented project that promises to capture the attention of every mortal being in the industry.

In partnership with the American designer, co-founder of the revolutionary Hood By Air collective, Gaultier will present an RTW capsule collection that will challenge the boundaries of aesthetics and gender expression. Shayne Oliver is renowned for his ability to break schemes and his influence, in a more or less notorious way, has endured to this day, which has begun with Anonymous Club, a project of self-expression of the American that was unveiled earlier this year in Berlin.

The collaboration between Gaultier and Oliver, dubbed “GLTR Sportswear,” promises a unique fusion of styles, with the 50-piece capsule reimagining Gaultier’s iconic brand through the prism of Oliver’s streetwear. With a focus on silhouette transformation and a norm-defying aesthetic, the collection will launch on the same day as the Met Gala, and Gaultier and Oliver are planning an after-party to celebrate this exciting collaboration. With preview images offering a glimpse of sheer t-shirts and dresses printed with sportswear-inspired logos, this collaboration promises to be a must-see event in the fashion world.

In the words of Shayne Oliver in an interview for Business of Fashion, “I didn’t want the collection to be about swag-ifying something intellectual. It felt more organic for me to critique the things I see as important in the modern closet and amplify that.” With this statement, it is clear that the collaboration between Gaultier and Oliver is not only a union of two exceptional talents in their fields, but also an opportunity to set a precedent in what we perhaps loosely know as Club Couture.