So it was the harnessing, the femininity, the sexuality, the sensuality, being very provocative.

Theres a playful provocativeness about Gaultier I really wanted to bring in.

And being very, very individualistic.

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she laughed) to her transparent pannier dresses and all the Gaultier-saluting old-school pink cross-laced satin corsetry.

Rocha started delving into the JPG archive straight after she got his invitation last summer.

There, she was astonished to discover hed used traditional Irish crochet.

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Rocha does a top-to-toe look with aplomb and a lot of wit.

Expressing and celebrating female physicality in all its fecundity and uncontrollability has long obsessed her.

Her padded underpantsstuffed to create bustle-like protuberanceswere eye-turningly unconventional.

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It was a gorgeous, characterful performance that won her rapturous applauseand a giant hug from Monsieur Gaultier himself.

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