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When Jean Paul Gaultier announced his retirement from the runway in 2020, he introduced a revolutionary concept: each season, a guest designer would be invited to interpret the house's storied archives. , the founder and creative force behind Sacai , was the first to take the keys to the Gaultier atelier. A Marriage of Deconstruction and High Drama

Abe’s collection, which debuted in July 2021 and carried through the 2022 fashion cycle, was a masterclass in "hybridization"—Sacai’s signature technique of splicing two disparate garments into one. 2022---Chitose-Abe-heckles-Jean-Paul-Gaultier