Which designer created Madonna’s cone bra corset for her 1990 Blond Ambition tour?

Jean Paul Gaultier created Madonna’s famous cone bra corset for her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour.

The gold-colored corset was part of Gaultier’s costumes for the tour and became one of the defining images of Madonna’s career. Its exaggerated conical cups turned the traditional corset into a highly visible outer garment, combining lingerie references with theatrical stagewear.

Gaultier had long challenged conventional ideas about gender, tailoring, and underwear. His work for Madonna made those ideas part of mainstream pop culture and strengthened the relationship between major fashion designers and music performers.

The cone bra is sometimes incorrectly attributed to Madonna herself because it became so closely tied to her public image. Madonna wore and performed in the design, but Gaultier was its designer.