Re-edition - The Safe Sex Tattoo Top
The house’s second-skin tattoo illusion, sharpened into a collector’s long-sleeve.
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Story & heritage
Jean Paul Gaultier’s mesh tattoo pieces are among the house’s most recognizable 1990s signatures. Vogue traced the fascination back to the designer’s iconic body-hugging trompe-l’oeil mesh and tattoo motifs from the mid-1990s; this official re-edition turns that archive language into a direct wardrobe proposition.
The current official product page presents the piece simply as a tulle top with the Safe Sex Body Tattoo print, which is exactly why it reads so clearly as an icon: the print, not hardware or construction tricks, carries the whole identity.
Materials & craft
The official Jean Paul Gaultier page describes this re-edition as a tulle top printed with the Safe Sex Body Tattoo motif. The effect relies on sheer, body-skimming fabric and a print engineered to sit like ink over skin rather than decoration placed on top of a garment.
How to choose & style
This works best when it stays the focal point. Wear it with dark tailoring, lean denim, or a simple column skirt so the print keeps its second-skin tension. If you want the full Gaultier attitude, pair it with another fitted piece rather than anything oversized.
