Jean Paul Gaultier brings retrospective to London's Barbican French ready-to-wear and haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier will bring an exhibition celebrating his 40-year career to London's Barbican next April. More than 140 of Jean Paul Gaultier's cutting-edge designs are coming to London's Barbican for an exhibition next year, The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk. Amongst the pieces will be Madonna's iconic conical bra and corsets, which were created by Gaultier for the singer's 1990 Blonde Ambition World Tour , stage costumes designed for Kylie Minogue, and pieces created for Luc Besson's 1997 sci-fi film The Fifth Element . READ: Jean Paul Gaultier to launch new streetwear line Set in an installation as opposed to a retrospective format, the exhibition will arrive in April 2014 having previously been housed at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. I've got so many connections with London and feel at home there, even sometimes more than Paris. I like the spirit, the humour and little adventures that were funny, like Eurotrash," says Gaultier, 60. The second thing is the Barbican. It's an honour for me because it's a wonderful gallery and a wonderful place with extraordinary architecture and I think that showing my work there will be beautiful. The corset worn by Madonna on the Blond Ambition Tour 1990, and Dita Von Teese on the catwalk for Haute Couture spring/summer 2007. Photos: PA Known as the enfant terrible of fashion because of his penchant for challenging the then-standard views of fashion, Gaultier began his career in design aged 18 at house of Pierre Cardin. He later established his eponymous design house in 1982, but it was his work with Madonna that propelled him onto the international stage. He later moved into the world of haute couture, showing his first collection in 1997, and in 2003, succeeded Martin Margiela as the head designer at Hermès where he remained until 2010.