American burlesque artist Dita Von Teese, French legend Catherine Deneuve and Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst were among the guests who turned up for the Jean Paul Gaultier show at Paris Fashion Week.

“I love him, because he’s such a nice person and I’m honored to be now one of his friends. And this is just incredible, and of course I love his fashion,” said Conchita Wurst.

As wedding bells rang, the first model appeared in a haze of white smoke, wearing a humorous headpiece referring to the traditional French wedding cake made of layered cream puffs.

Gaultier, who now solely focuses on Couture, having stopped doing ready-to-wear, had fun creating and naming each outfit. From ‘Serial bride’ to ‘My best friend’s wedding’ or ‘Confessions of a married woman’, this was not your typical mermaid gown.

There were gasps when one model wearing a beekeepers hat failed to see the end of the runway and fell off – before making her way back down the catwalk to cheers from the audience,