The Couture Jean: A Timeline From 1997 to Kaia Gerber’s Beaded Valentinos

They speak to the casualness and comfort of modern attire.

More recently, a number of designers have started addressing that imbalance and designing for daylight hours as well.

(There was a pair of denim jeans with gold embroidery in the lineup as well.)

From left couture looks by Jean Paul Gaultier Chanel Maison Margiela Viktor Rolf Sonia Rykiel Balenciaga Jean Paul…

From left, couture looks by: Jean Paul Gaultier (2), Chanel, Maison Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, Sonia Rykiel, Balenciaga, Jean Paul Gaultier x Glenn Martens, and Valentino.

Here was a marriage of ease and glamour achieved with painstaking artisanal savoir faire.

Its the kind of paradox that Pierpaolo Picciolo delights in.

And it got me thinking about other examples of denim or denim-like materials on the couture runways.

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 1997 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 1997 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 1997 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 1997 couture

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Mugler, spring 1998 couture

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Mugler, spring 1998 couture

Givenchy spring 1999 couture

Givenchy, spring 1999 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 1999 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2000 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2001 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2001 couture

Seredin amp Vasiliev fall 2011 couture

Seredin & Vasiliev, fall 2011 couture

Christian Dior spring 2002 couture

Christian Dior, spring 2002 couture

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Christian Dior, spring 2002 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2002 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2002 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2003 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2003 couture

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Anne-Valerie Hash, fall 2004 couture

Chanel fall 2006 couture

Chanel, fall 2006 couture

Chanel fall 2006 couture

Chanel, fall 2006 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2010 couture

Jean Paul Gaultier spring 2010 couture

Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2010 couture

Chanel spring 2011

Chanel, spring 2011

Chanel spring 2011

Chanel, spring 2011

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2013 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2013 couture

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Maison Margiela, fall 2013 couture

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Maison Margiela, fall 2013 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2014 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2015 couture

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Maison Margiela, spring 2015 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2015 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2015 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2016 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2016 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, fall 2016 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, fall 2016 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2016 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2016 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2017 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2017 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2017 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2017 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2017 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2017 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, fall 2017 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, fall 2017 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2017 couture

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Viktor & Rolf, fall 2017 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2018 couture

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Alexandre Vauthier, spring 2018 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2018 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2018 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2018 couture

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Sonia Rykiel, fall 2018 couture

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Balmain, spring 2019 couture

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Balmain, spring 2019 couture

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Jean Paul Gaultier, spring 2019 couture

Ronald van der Kemp Spring 2019 Couture

Ronald van der Kemp, spring 2019 couture

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Ronald van der Kemp, fall 2019 couture

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