Jean Paul Gaultier bounds into the Ristorante National in Paris doing something distinctly British: complaining about the weather. “It’s so hot,” he says. “It’s quite humid, I think, it’s not a nice dry heat.” Casual in a denim shirt and camo-print jacket, he joins me at his usual table in a far corner of the trendy Italian restaurant in the Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers. “It’s a long time since you’ve been here,” says a waiter as he takes our drinks order (two “detox” juices, on Gaultier’s recommendation). “I know,” responds the designer with a shrug, “because work, work, work.”
讓-保羅•高提耶(Jean Paul Gaultier)一步一竄地走進了巴黎Ristorante National餐館，接下來的所作所爲卻十足英倫範兒：抱怨天氣。「實在太熱了。」他說道，「太潮溼了，不是那種舒服的乾熱。」他身穿牛仔襯衫和迷彩夾克，裝扮十分休閒。我在餐廳深處角落裏那張他常坐的桌子旁等他——這家時髦的義大利餐廳位於巴黎國立工藝學院酒店(Hôtel National des Arts et Métiers)內。「您可很久沒來了。」一位侍者說著，端來了我們點的飲料（聽從高提耶的推薦，點了兩杯detox排毒果汁）。「我知道。」這位設計師聳了聳肩，答道，「因爲要工作，工作，工作。」