The French fashion designer's vision is defined by flair, fun, and flamboyance.&nbsp;

If you're a fashion enthusiast, you know Jean Paul Gaultier likes to lean more unconventional when it comes to his design choices. Known for his extravagance and outlandish vision, Gaultier has dressed fashion and pop culture icons like Madonna and Dita Von Teese. The designer is known as fashion's enfant terrible, as he often broke the rules other designers abided by. He dressed his models in cone bras, replicated the look of pubic hair, and explored looks with deconstructed corsets, tin cans, and clothes atop clothes. For Gaultier, the nickname is a result of people not knowing what to make of him.&nbsp;
"That name came from people who did not know what to say about me. People were interested in me, but they didn&rsquo;t know what to call it. So they said, &lsquo;Enfant terrible," Gaultier told <a href="https://www.out.com/fashion/2012/03/14/jean-paul-gaultier-60-birthday-exhibit?page=1650" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Out Magazine</a>.
For Gaultier, fashion is made and built for fun; based on the praise he gives his mentor in the same interview, he opposes the idea of creating purely to make money.
"He didn't make it, but he loved the idea," &nbsp;Gaultier told the outlet. "It wasn't like an old French house. It wasn't that old prostitution of doing everything for money; it was doing things for the love of the idea. He taught me to be truly free-spirited."
Pierre Cardin, who got his start as a tailor for Dior and then progressed into a designer in his own right, saw exceptional talent within an 18-year-old Gaultier and hired him as his assistant.&nbsp;
"You are a true designer when people recognize your work without even looking at the label," he said. "This is the case for Jean-Paul Gaultier. I remember him suggesting a number of really amusing things, like a canine spacesuit&mdash;a unisex jumpsuit for dogs&mdash;and a wedding outfit for bride and groom," Cardin said Gaultier in relation to the designer's unbridled creativity and vision as per <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/pierre-cardin-on-jean-paul-gaultier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British Vogue</a>.
Below we explore the designer's famed and intrepid vision. Here's a collection of Jean Paul Gaultier's unforgettable and outlandish looks.

Dita Von Teese and Jean Paul Gaultier at the finale of the Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2014 show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Andrej Pejic models for the Jean Paul Gaultier Pre-Fall 2011 collection. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2007. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Vuna models a look during the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 2007 runway show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Naomi Campbell models a look for the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2003 show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Madonna and Jean Paul Gaultier during the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1995 runway show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier and Arielle Dombasle during the Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2010 show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier runway show for Los Angeles' amfAR Night in 1992. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Madonna wearing a Jean Paul Gaultier look during a 1992 concert in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Lady Miss Kier walks the Jean Paul Gaultier runway during a fundraiser for Los Angeles' amfAR Night in 1992. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1993. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1991. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring 1997. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1989. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 1989. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Yvette Horner performs during the Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1988 runway show. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture Spring/Summer 1997. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Fall/Winter 1987-88. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Jean Paul Gaultier Spring/Summer 1976. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

French accordionist Yvette Horner with fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier and actress Beatrice Dalle in 1987. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

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