Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2009

A trio of modern dancers opened the Jean Paul Gaultier show. Reprising her Riverdance moment from Fall 2007, Coco Rocha joined them for a few Martha Graham flourishes before stalking by in a fuchsia dressing gown that, once she unwound the straps, revealed itself to be a leotard. Rehearsal was the designer's ostensible theme. The models pinned their hair up under head wraps and wore all manner of warm-up clothes: There were A Chorus Line shirts wrapped around the midriff and tied in the back over high-waisted jersey pants with suspenders, a soft-looking white tracksuit, and, in a not-to-be-tried-offstage combination, flaring lace pants under leather briefs.