French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier poses on a platform in front of a Thalys train at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, on February 6, 2013, as part of the launch of the exhibition "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier, from the Sidewalk to the Catwalk", which will run at the Kunsthal museum from February 10 to May 12, 2013 in Rotterdam. On this occasion, Jean-Paul Gaultier signed a drawing and his autograph on a Thalys train painted with blue sailor stripes. AFP PHOTO FRANCOIS GUILLOT