Jean-Paul Gaultier & NWave Unveil First Images For Animated Movie About A Fashionista Moth Featuring Rossy De Palma In Voice Cast – Annecy
deadline.comJean-Paul Gaultier has unveiled first details and images for his upcoming debut animated fiction feature tapping into his collections and experiences in the Paris Fashion world.
The Untitled Jean-Paul Gaultier Project is being produced by nWaves Studios, the Belgium-based animation production house behind family hits such as Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness and Bigfoot Family.
The project is based on an original idea by writer and filmmaker Emilie Frèche, sparked by her own experiences growing up with parents and extended family members in the fashion industry.
The fairytale-style story revolves around a fashionista young moth who escapes a provincial thrift store run by a retired model called Kiki, and makes her way to Paris with ambitions to pursue a career in haute couture. “She is quite desperate because she only has dirty moths around her who eat old sweaters all day long,” explained Frèche. “She dreams of dressing herself and spends her day flipping through old copies of Vogue.
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