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Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
Jean Paul Gaultier
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Jean Paul Gaultier
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: April 24
Businessperson
Costume Designer
Fashion Designer
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Arcueil-Cachan
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