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Music and fashion have long been bedfellows but the combination of Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers and fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is a collaboration that’s been screaming to happen. So now it is.

As well being fondly remembered as one of the co-hosts of the gloriously low-rent 90s TV show, Eurotrash, Gaultier is one of the best-known fashion designers in the world and has now decided to tell the world his story with an autobiographical show, which is set to open in Paris on 2 October. The Fashion Freak Show will bring Gaultier’s life story to life via his designs, actors, models and singers.

And heading up the show’s musical direction is Nile Rodgers which, given his pedigree as disco overlord and producer of some considerable note, is just about as perfect a choice as you could hope for. The show will take place at the legendary Folies Bergere cabaret hall in the French capital.

"Truly, honestly, if there was one person I would think about for the music, it was him," Gaultier said. "Everybody loves his songs, has danced to them, has been in love with someone because of his music."

Speaking of his contribution to the project, Rodgers explained why he’s chosen to re-work some of his classic material rather than just adding the originals to the show’s soundtrack.

"When you're dealing with a theatrical piece, you are absolutely dealing with an emotional arc," Rodgers said. "And that emotional arc may not be served properly with the original music. It has to change a bit."

Gaultier and music go back a long way. In addition designing outfits for Marilyn Manson, Kylie Minogue and Lady Gaga, his most famous collaboration has been with Madonna. It was Gaultier who designed her infamous cone bra and golden corset for her 1990 Blond Ambition tour. She in turn went topless for the designer’s 1993 runway show.

"I don't think of fashion as art," Gaultier said.

"Fashion is supposed to be superficial. It's true that by fashion you can express yourself a little and tell things, but it's not like music that goes through your nose, your ears, everywhere," he continued.

"Music is something very beautiful and that we truly need, like eating." Bon appetite, say we!

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