At 21, Thierry Loriot was snatched up by a modeling agency and sent off to Paris to work for fashion greats such as Burberry, Zegna and Lavin. His first modeling assignment was with the great Mario Testino and Kate Moss. He has now given up the catwalk for curating - and he has brought one of the most-visited fashion exhibitions in the world to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. He talks to Wallace about the exhibition -From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier.