balmain1914
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Dior s/s 2007 is my favourite, like it or not.
Keep it simple pls, John.
Keep it simple pls, John.
Cute and colorful as some of these new clothes may or may not be there's something kind of cheesy about them, like Barbie clothes. It's almost like an out of touch older person's take on what's youthful and fun.
Not to get all schmaltzy or anything, but does Galliano have the time to go trekking amongst the indigenous people in some other hemisphere, or to spend several days in museums in some secondary European capital?
"I could have asked many other talented designers to do Dior, but it would not have been the same," Arnault told Tatler Asia. "Take Marc Jacobs, he has been a fantastic success at Vuitton and he has a proximity to the Vuitton spirit, but I don't think it would have been a success with Jacobs at Dior and the other way around, if I had asked John [Galliano] to do Vuitton, it would not have worked. An essential ingredient in the success of the brand today is the real proximity of Galliano to the talent of Christian Dior." Before each collection is shown, Arnault and Galliano meet at the LVMH offices in Paris to discuss the designs. "We meet in this room," says Arnault. "I say, 'John, I think we should do something else.' What you have done is too extravagant. For Dior it's all about the details and John listens
I really don't get why Arnault plays such a role in what goes within the Dior ateliers, yet you look at all of the other collections under the LVMH umbrella and the designers seem to be doing their own thing largely free of creative constraints. It's baffling. I mean, you hire a genius, he proves his worth both creatively and commercially over the span of nearly a decade, so you start micromanaging him as a reward?
people are being naive if they think Galliano's successor at Dior is going to bring back the excitement from Galliano's early years with the house
I don't see that correlation being made nor do I see that as the consensus sentiment being expressed in this thread.Question: So basically all of you who are calling Galliano a genius would like to see him still work a Dior?
To be completely honest I consider Galliano the man and Galliano the designer two different issues. A bunch of offensive remarks spoken by a man who is in the midst of what appears to be an addiction doesn't negate the fact that the man was and likely still is a creative genius.
The whole situation is just a mess. While I don't necessarily disagree with LVMH's decision I also don't necessarily agree with the seeming contempt that people suddenly have for Galliano. Yes, he said some truly ugly things, but I don't think that automatically makes him a horrible human being in every way. More than anything I feel bad for the guy, and I'm honestly a little worried to see where he'll end up.
As for Dior, count me as one of those who's skeptical about where it will go from here. If one creator wasn't allowed to express himself without constraints what makes anyone think that another creator will have total freedom?