I'll eat your liver and still look fabulous.

Jean Paul Gaultier's latest ads are very intriguing... His recent couture collection uses influences from colonial times, and these ads are utilizing Maori face tattoos. In the mid 1800s, the Maori people in what is now called New Zealand were colonized by the british. The British were fascinated by the cannibalistic rituals of the Maori warrior... and taking note of the popularity of the Hannibal Lecter films, the rest of the western world still is as well.

"We now live in a world where those we once called exotic live among us, defining their own identities, precluding our ability to define ourselves in opposition to "others" and to represent our own culture as universal." source

John Paul Gaultier Couture FW 07-08

Colonization theory shows up on the runway at Jean Paul Gaultier's couture show.

Spanish infantry, missionaries, masters, farmers, sailors, sword fighters, guards, pirates, officers, gentlemen and their opulently bedecked families arrived in South America to find the jungle's mysteries and knowledge a heady battle. Jean Paul Gaultier takes on this power struggle in his FW 07-08 couture collection. (more images on gettyimages.com and style.com)