Ivory Jean Paul Gaultier dress of Marion Cotillard

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Ivory Jean Paul Gaultier dress of Marion Cotillard
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier
Year2008 (2008)
TypeIvory dress

The Ivory Jean Paul Gaultier dress of Marion Cotillard (also known as Marion Cotillard's mermaid dress) refers to the custom white and silver mermaid dress worn by Marion Cotillard at the 80th Academy Awards on 24 February 2008, at which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in La Vie en Rose (2007). It was designed by Jean Paul Gaultier and custom made for Cotillard. Several publications such as Vogue , Variety , Forbes , ABC News , The Hollywood Reporter , Marie Claire , Entertainment Tonight , The Daily Telegraph , and Glamour have cited the dress as one of the greatest Oscar gowns of all time. The dress increased its value after the 2008 Academy Awards and as of 2023, it is valued at $180,000.

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Background

A golden version of the dress was presented on the catwalk at Jean Paul Gaultier's Spring/Summer 2008 Couture Show at the Paris Fashion Week on 23 January 2008. [1] [2] [3]

On 24 February 2008, French actress Marion Cotillard wore a custom made white and silver version of the dress at the 80th Academy Awards at which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in La Vie en Rose (2007). [4] [5] Gaultier told InStyle about the dress:

Originally, Marion had asked for something simple, but I wanted everyone to see the woman I saw. So I showed her the sketches of this mermaid-inspired dress, and she loved it. We had to wait two weeks for the fabric, whose print was inspired by real fish scales and hand-embroidered. She was traveling around the world promoting La Vie en Rose, so we had to follow her around so that she could try on the dress at regular intervals. How crazy! But what a moment full of emotion and grace on the red carpet, just like the actress and the woman she is. [6]

Reception

Vogue magazine said the dress "was covered in hundreds of mermaid-like scales". [7] Numerous outlets, including Vogue, [7] [8] Variety , [9] ABC News , [10] Forbes , [11] The Hollywood Reporter , [12] Marie Claire , [13] Entertainment Tonight , [14] Fashionista , [15] The Daily Telegraph , and Glamour , [16] cited the dress as one of the greatest Oscar gowns of all time. [17]

Cotillard was also praised by The Times-Picayune for bucking the trend for red at the 80th Academy Awards and wearing the "most inventive look of the evening", [18] whilst Pieta Woolley at The Georgia Straight called it "the only truly Hollywood-worthy gown of the evening". [19] Hal Rubenstein, fashion director at InStyle , listing Cotillard's dress as one of the decade's 100 best, declared it "a great introduction for Cotillard. No one is going to repeat this dress." [20]

In a 2020 interview with Enchanted Living Magazine about mermaid fashion, American author and fashion consultant Tim Gunn was asked about his opinion on Gaultier's 2008 collection, to which he said:

Gaultier is ever the showman. I found his fall 2008 couture collection to be expectedly over-the-top and, frankly, entirely too literal and, therefore, costumey for my taste. However, the look from the collection that Marion Cotillard wore to the Academy Awards was stunning. (For me, evaluating fashion is all about context; who's wearing it and for what purpose.) And owing to the fact that Ms. Cotillard won an Oscar that year, Gaultier's dress received a lot of attention, a lot of very positive attention. [21]

In 2023, Vogue again cited the dress as one of the greatest Oscar dresses of all time, with Vogue senior beauty editor Lauren Valenti calling it one of her favourite fashion moments ever. [22]

Legacy

The dress was worth $150,000 in 2008 and increased to $180,000 in 2023. [23]

In 2023, Kendall Jenner wore the golden version of the dress to the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar party following the 95th Academy Awards. [24]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A model walks the runway during the Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Show part of Paris Spring/Summer 2008 Haute Couture Fashion Week on the 23rd of January 2008 in Paris, France (Photo by Chris Moore/Catwalking/Getty Images)". Getty Images . 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Gaultier: A mermaid moment". The New York Times . 23 January 2008.
  3. ↑ "Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2008 Couture Fashion Show". Vogue . Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Runway To Red Carpet – Marion Cotillard In Jean Paul Gaultier". Red Carpet Fashion Awards. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Best Dressed at the 2008 Academy Awards". People . 22 February 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Histoire d'une tenue : la robe sirène de Marion Cotillard lors des Oscars en 2008 - Elle" [Story of an outfit: Marion Cotillard's mermaid dress at the 2008 Oscars]. Elle (in French). 11 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  7. 1 2 Berrington, Katie; Hutchings, Lucy (26 February 2017). "Best-Ever Oscar Dresses | Marion Cotillard". Vogue . Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Allaire, Christian (6 February 2020). "The 39 Best Oscars Red Carpet Dresses of All Time". Vogue . Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ↑ Bryant, Jacob; Lawrence, Yee (24 February 2017). "Most Memorable Oscar Looks of All Time". Variety. p. 31. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "Best Oscar dresses through the years". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ↑ "Marion Cotillard - Iconic Oscars Gowns". Forbes . 26 February 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Oscars Fashion: The 80 Best Dresses of All Time | Marion Cotillard". The Hollywood Reporter . 20 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  13. ↑ Goldstone, Penny (9 February 2020). "A comprehensive list of the very best Oscar dresses of all time". Marie Claire . Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  14. ↑ Bueno, Antoinette (22 February 2016). "The Best Oscar Dresses of All Time: Revisit Halle Berry, Michelle Williams, and Gwyneth Paltrow's Iconic Style". ET Online . Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  15. ↑ McCall, Tyler (4 May 2021). "Great Outfits in Fashion History: Marion Cotillard in Mermaid-Ready Couture". Fashionista . Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  16. ↑ "The 47 Best Oscars Red-Carpet Dresses of All Time". Glamour . 5 February 2020. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  17. ↑ "A look back at the most memorable Oscars red carpet dresses of all time" . The Daily Telegraph . 9 February 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  18. ↑ Langenhennig, Susan (26 February 2008). "Oscars fashion: painting the town red". The Times-Picayune . Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Woolley, Pieta (25 February 2008). "Marion Cotillard shines, but 2008's other Oscar stars didn't dress to impress". The Georgia Straight . Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  20. ↑ Rubenstein, Hal. "100 Best Dresses of the Decade: Marion Cotillard in Jean Paul Gaultier". InStyle . Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  21. ↑ Turgeon, Carolyn (11 May 2020). "Tim Gunn On Mermaid Fashion". Enchanted Living Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  22. ↑ Allaire, Christian (6 March 2023). "The 55 Best Oscars Red Carpet Dresses of All Time". Vogue. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  23. ↑ "Academy Awards 2023: Which Iconic Oscars Dresses Have Increased The Most In Value?". Harper's Bazaar Arabia. 11 February 2023. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  24. ↑ Kessler, Alex (13 March 2023). "Kendall Jenner's Vintage Oscars After-Party Dress Is A Piece Of Fashion History". British Vogue . Archived from the original on 28 December 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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