Jean Paul Gaultier's Haute Couture 2012 Runway show...

Thanks to the magic of flight AF 417, in just a few hours I left behind the sun and the beaches of Punta del Este and the heat of Buenos Aires… and landed in the cold (not too cold, though: just 9°C) and the drizzle of Paris…

But I also landed in the middle of Haute Couture’s Fashion Week and in the splendid runway show of Jean-Paul Gaultier.

As usual, Catherine Deneuve, a loyal customer to the Maison, could be found on the front row, as also Dita von Teese and singer Beth Ditto (in an extravagant look). And, of course, Gaultier’s many fans, arrived from the four corners of the World.

So, as to the show itself… A band of four musicians and fantastic models, all looking à la Amy Winehouse: her exact hairdo (in some cases in pink, red or blue dyes, but mostly in black), and the black eyeliner highlighting the eyes, just as she used to wear. All forty-three models shone in Gaultier's ever original creations: well-tailored jackets, padded shoulders, lots of black and red, corsets (as those Madonna made famous in the 80s) and those fluid dresses, so sexy and theatrical. From time to time they got me thinking about who could have such a lifestyle that would merit those dresses... A movie star maybe? An Arab princess? A Russian czarina? Can't tell, but they sure made me dream...

Amy Winehouse's songs wrapped-up the show and left us melancholic. It seems as if to become a myth, one must die at a young age.

We returned back home with our eyes filled with stars...