This "corset" dress, with an exaggerated cone bust and back lacing, is one of the most iconic designs of Jean Paul Gaultier's career. He based the design and slightly faded color on a corset found in his grandmother's closet, an object that fascinated him as a young boy. His interpretation is fetishistic and unusually sexy, with a look that helped launch the 1980s craze of underwear-as-outerwear. Pop singer Madonna later adopted the torpedo-like bust into her stage costumes, furthering Gaultier's reputation as the enfant terrible of Paris fashion.
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| Jean Paul Gaultier, shirred orange velvet dress with cone bust, 1984, France. The Museum at F.I.T purchase, P92.8.1. |
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| The Madonna Cone bra and illustrations infamous corset from her 1990 Blonde Ambition tour |
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