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In the late 80s, female sexuality inspired his seductive, semi-fetishistic attire for Helen Mirren in Gaultier's first film as designer, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover – most notably, these came from his interpretations of Victorian cage dresses and crinolines as top garments. Quoted as saying of his design ethos, 'to show the relativity of what's good taste and what's not is something I like to play with', it is of little surprise that Gaultier went on to find a kindred spirit in the Spanish enfant terrible Pedro Almodovar. For his 1993 film Kika, Gaultier designed the gowns for twisted vamp Andrea Scarface. His gory costumes humorously accentuate her bloodlust and sexual aggression – plastic breasts shot out of her dress like blood-splattered bazooka holes. Clearly borrowing from his 1989-90 show 'Women among Women', his style for making bras a centrepiece was epitomised in his conical bra for Madonna's 1991 tour. Yu, Justin (28 December 2009). "The 404 Yuletide Mini-sode: Where The 404 is the Fifth Element". CNET. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014 . Retrieved 30 January 2015.

Palmer, Tim (2011). Brutal Intimacy: Analyzing Contemporary French Cinema. Wesleyan University Press. p.116. ISBN 978-0-8195-6827-4. Mark Mangini" (PDF). The Hollywood Reporter: C-11. 9 March 1998. ISSN 0018-3660. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2014 . Retrieved 30 January 2015.The Fifth Element was of course bound to have a distinctive look given the prodigious creative forces involved in its making. One of the most important of these creative forces in fact was fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who was hired by Besson to handle costumes for his visionary sci-fi epic. When it came to designing Leeloo’s look however, Jovovich herself offered a bit of input that went on to guide Gaultier’s work. Speaking recently to Vogue, the actress revealed the origins of Leeloo’s bandage costume and how her suggestion sparked Gaultier’s creation: Cornea, Christine (2007). Science Fiction Cinema: Between Fantasy and Reality. Rutgers University Press. p.207. ISBN 978-0-8135-4173-0. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016.

Rogers, Stephen D (15 November 2011). The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons. Adams Media. p.51. ISBN 978-1-4405-2817-0. Achievement in Special Visual Effects in 1998". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014 . Retrieved 30 January 2015.The Visual Effects Society Unveils '50 Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time' ". PR Newswire. 11 May 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016 . Retrieved 12 September 2016. The Fifth Element". Pinewood Studios. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014 . Retrieved 30 January 2015. Hanson, Matt (2005). Building Sci-Fi Moviescapes: The Science Behind the Fiction. Waltham, Massachusetts: Focal Press. ISBN 978-0-240-80772-0. Fifth Element, The Le Cinquieme Elemente". Australian Classification Board. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015 . Retrieved 11 April 2015. On board to design them was former enfant terrible of the design world Jean Paul Gaultier, who created over 1000 ostentatious, bright, detailed costumes for the film; even honing in on the details of characters in crowd shots. The film would likely not have had quite the same impact without Gaultier’s obsessive commitment. Speaking at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Gaultier retrospective, Thierry-Maxime Loriot commented on Gaultier’s attention to detail, saying, “a thousand costumes is like 10 collections but all for one movie. It’s an incredible amount of work people don’t even know about. For a thousand costumes, he may have even done 5,000 sketches before narrowing it down”. The costumes are colourful, exciting, and a world away from the grim rain-soaked worlds of predecessors like Blade Runner (1982). Gaultier’s costumes were bright and fun; they took inspiration from his previous collections while incorporating non-traditional materials and a futuristic vision.