He has this extra-sensory ability to perceive the next big social and political movements and he always pushes the limits of what we think is possible and appropriate to see in fashion. His collections always seem to promote and coincide with the upcoming political agendas and that is one reason why elite people love him. 

I love him because he puts the fun into fashion, an element that too many designers leave out in their unending quest to be taken seriously. However, a word to the wise, be careful that while you are giggling and swooning you may just find yourself adopting his world view. That is if you haven't adopted it already. 

His design point of view has permanently made it's way into the hearts of fashionistas and fashionistos everywhere. 

As a designer, I admire his ability to create silk prints. Simply fabulous prints, and he can use just one print to sculpt an amazing outfit. His couture is by far the most comfortable for wearing in the real world. 

He knows how to design for the plus size client better than most other designers I have seen. He has many quirky and outrageous designs, but many of his looks are at the same time very practical.

He definitely put in his time and did his duty as major a designer to shape peoples thinking and view points in the most aggressive progressive manner above all other Parisian couturiers. For this reason alone he was wildly successful in influencing the masses thinking and concepts of themselves and the world around them. 

I think that he got out right at the right time before the major shift in fashion started to manifest itself at the onset of the COVID pandemic, a shift that he himself played a role in preparing people for my the means of the predictive programming in his fashion designs.

He didn't want to end up like Raf Simons and keel over at 100 years of age with a sewing needle between his fingers. He wants to enjoy his retirement away from the demands of the fashion industry. I don't blame him in the slightest. He is still looking and feeling great and full of life and exuberance. 

John Paul Gaultier 's  POV will forever, well, never say forever unless you are prepared for forever I say. Let me rephrase. His unique POV, levity, and humor will be dearly missed for a long time. I just don't see anyone filling the gap. To try to replace the gift that he contributed to the fashion world is truly like trying to put a square peg into a round hole. It just is not going to go in. Except the gaping hole that John Paul Gaultier left in the fashion wold in his absence is not just a simple shape like a circle, it is uniquely shaped and sculpted like everything this dear man designed throughout his career.