Jean Paul Gaultier’s First Designer Sneaker, Soccer-Inspired Heels and More Shoe Hits From the ’80s and ’90s Are Now on Display in France

A new exhibition at the Musée de la Chaussure in southern France is highlighting the shoe designs of Jean Paul Gaultier from the 1980s and 1990s. Olivier Jault, an independent footwear designer who spent years working with Gaultier, has curated the exhibit at the Musée de la Chaussure – a footwear museum located in the French shoemaking hub of Romans-sur-Isère. “The museum asked me to curate the collection as I’ve worked with Mr. Gaultier since 2010, and I understand what he likes and how he thinks,” Jault told FN in an interview in Paris late last month. “I discovered, within the archives of Maison Gaultier, a unique and incredible heritage that, like some of my colleagues, I knew a little about as a collector. You will find astonishing style proposals and mind-blowing technical feats, in line with clothing collections at this exhibit.” According to Jault, the exhibit, which took about two years to bring to fruition, focuses on the period when Gaultier worked with designer Stephane Kélian, one of the biggest names in footwear at the time. The duo created some of Gaultier’s most signature shoe moments from 1984 to 1996, and now a range of those styles — along with clothing items

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