Linda Evangelista Attends Event Honoring Jean Paul Gaultier, Looks Like Trashy Showgirl

Linda Evangelista, one of the original supermodels, attended the Lycee Francais event over the weekend. All we can say is, what was she thinking?

By Sarah Maizes Mar 19, 2012 7:29 PMTags
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Linda Evangelista channeled her inner showgirl at the Lycee Francais fete honoring Jean Paul Gaultier. The event was held at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City over the weekend, and attracted fellow celeb and Canadian model Coco Rocha.

The 46-year-old supermodel looks like she made a super fashion misstep that resulted in her looking like some version of a Parisian psychedelic ballerina. Her outfit was a sparkly black, belted, fringy concoction, full length leather gloves, bold blue statement tights and faux black toe shoes. Yikes.

Maybe this bizarre look has something to do with what's going on in Linda's personal life, since...

The single mother has a 3-year-old child, Augustin-James Evangelista, with Salma Hayek's billionaire husband, François-Henri Pinault. Her son was born just before Hayek's daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault, and things have been messy ever since.

Pinault and Evangelista are currently locked in a legal battle because of Evangelista's request for a record $46,000 a month in child support. Sacré bleu!