Models present these creations by French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier, for French fashion house Hermes, for his Spring/Summer 2007 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris, October 7. - REUTERS

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French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier made a fashion editor levitate, not from the thrill of his latest catwalk display but on the stage of a theatre where he celebrated 30 years in business.

Singer Janet Jackson and actress Demi Moore looked on as top fashion industry figures performed elaborate magic tricks during a time-out Saturday night from their jam-packed Paris fashion week timetable.

"It's because they are magic, and fashion is magic!" a beaming Gaultier told hundreds of guests at the Olympia theatre.

Levitation trick

The designer, known for his irreverent wit, performed his levitation trick with Virginie Mouzat, the glamorous fashion correspondent of French newspaper Le Figaro.

Grace Coddington, the flame-haired creative director of U.S. Vogue, was locked into a cage by colleague Hamish Bowles and covered with a velvet drape. She reappeared on the edge of the stage, replaced inside the cage by British model Lily Cole, who was holding a large, grey cat.

But it was International Herald Tribune critic Suzy Menkes, whose reviews have the power to make or break a designer's collection, who brought the house down. Camping it up in a geisha outfit, she locked a British fashion editor inside a box and gleefully twisted the editor's head around.

Guests continued the party into the small hours, boogying to sets by Boy George and 2 Many DJs.