The Uffizi museum in Florence said Monday it was suing French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier for "unauthorised use" of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", its Italian Renaissance masterpiece.

Jean Paul Gaultier sued by Uffizi museum for using Botticelli painting in designs

Jean-Paul Gaultier has bowed out of fashion with all the cheek and showmanship with which he has lit it up over the last half century. The legendary French provocateur bid farewell Wednesday with an hour-long feelgood musical spectacular with an orchestra and a cast of hundreds to celebrate the friends and the often outrageous looks that helped make him a star.

Fashion legend Jean-Paul Gaultier bows out in style

One of fashion's most prolific designers, Jean Paul Gaultier recently announced his retirement from the runway. In a career spanning 50-years, Gaultier garnered fame for dressing celebrities like Madonna, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Nicole Kidman.

Haute couture fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier announces retirement

French designer Jean Paul Gaultier brought his lively and eccentric 'Fashion Freak Show' to the London stage this week, a musical production looking back on his life from childhood classroom sketches to the Paris haute couture catwalks.

Jean Paul Gaultier brings catwalk to the London stage in 'Fashion Freak Show'

Models stormed the runway in animal prints, neon dresses and designs that played with optical illusions at Jean Paul Gaultier's Haute Couture collection on Wednesday, set to a banging 1990s euro dance soundtrack.

Jean Paul Gaultier walks on the wild side at Haute Couture show

In pics: Roundup of Best Looks from Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week 2019

Jean Paul Gaultier brings Japan-inspired fashion to Paris Haute Couture show

At the Paris Haute Couture Week, French designer Jean Paul Gaultier brought Japanese culture on the runway with a riot of colours. Models were seen walking on the tune of ‘La Mer’ by Charles Trenet as the show opened with a short series of blue and white striped tops, an emblematic pattern of Gaultier's repertoire since the 1980s and his famous Toy Boy collection.

Designer Jean Paul Gaultier brings Japan-inspired fashion to Paris Haute Couture Week