John Galliano
John Galliano
John Charles Galliano CBE, RDIis a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy, Christian Dior, and his own label John Galliano. At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth28 January 1960
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The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.
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Beautifully trimmed, delicately trimmed, some with old school boy ties. Very jolly up!
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I think he's very self-aggrandizing in a very great way. In a way that I like. . . He is someone who lives their art, especially when he puts his own image into his creations.
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What you're paying for is technique. And the opportunity to look truly wicked. Isn't it worth it as long as you look wicked and feel good?
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She came with some ideas - and some magic,
fresh miss perfume
The perfume is sweet, like the girl, and is young and a fresh reinvention of Miss Dior.
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If I didn't already sense that I was different, I certainly was reminded, whether by my parents or by the other school kids. Not just reminded. Told... I was made to believe it wasn't right. If I went a little bit too off - slap! It was Dad's upbringing and it was Victorian, and that's the way he was.
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There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art.
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We start the collection with sharply tailored Moroccan inspired suits. And then, as the show progresses, it becomes gentler, softer, more feminine. Men's evening dress shirts suddenly become wafting long dresses in leopard print sweater chiffon.
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Once you lock eyes with her, you are mesmerized. Ever since I met her she enchanted and inspired me.
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The colors, we start off very stark, black, white, and flashes of red. And then it becomes quite pretty. colorful, lyrical.
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Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.
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I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.
Women are women, and hurray for that.