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John Galliano Black Strapless Evening Gown
1980s
Composed of black wool with white mohair stripes, a sculptural and asymmetrical skirt
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John Galliano Tulip Dress
Brown and black satin with inlaid satin to depict lines throughout with large abstract black and white petals off the shoulder, labeled: John Galliano/Paris.
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I love John so dearly now, more than ever. Researching him and learning about him has totally made me love him.
 
That black gown with the 2-d tulip and "stem" swirling around it is so stunning.
 
ahhh This seems like a perfect place for me to start!!! As one of his biggest fans its great looking back at what I can only describe as the magic feeling you only ever experience when you see something truly great, I can safely say he was the only reason why I would be up till four in the morning patiently waiting for the videos on diors website to upload (back in the day broadband wasn't quite as obtainable,) But sadly now I've just lost all interest! I try so hard to like his stuff but since spring/summer 2005 its been quite honestly a load of rubbish, with the exception of the geisha collection (although it would have blatantly looked better on a mirrored catwalk with pumping music) The theatrics are still there but I just feel they are executed in such a half hearted way! Was Stephen Robinson really the magic behind Dior/Galliano? Has my taste just evolved past his aesthetic? Or has Galliano just lost it? At least for the time being I can remember the good old days when the saddle bag and S & M shoes were literally the coolest fashion thing I'd ever seen but right now.................uhum................ Mr Galliano you really need to wow me!!!
(first of many posts to come I hope, nice being a part of your community(finally))
 
:( I wish there were an explanation as to why he kind of faded out after S/S 2005. That should be listed here. Intense break-up, or death in the family, or loss of creativeness due to not liking the label. There should be a reason. :(
 
^ What do you mean?

I mean yeah, he hasn't been his renegade self lately as far as Dior is concerned, but his own label is back to what it used to be....glamorous, optimistic, feminine, fun, eccentric.

It's a shame though that his own label is flourishing while Dior is remaining stagnant. But it's been like that before, where he's on a high at one house and the other takes a back seat. It's like around 2001-2004, his work at Dior was getting so much attention because he started ripping it to shreds, piecing it back together and doing these hugely spectacular shows, and he tried to do that with Galliano as well but the results were either too similar to what he was doing at Dior (which has always been shown earlier in the pret-a-porter weeks than his own label) or it was so insanely outrageous that it lost any semblance to reality (think of the two shows of 2004, both amazingly creative but not very realistic). Now it's the opposite, his own line is becoming more relevant than his work at Dior, which has become predictable and cartoony.
 
Thanks! Looking back, I actually really like his work for Givenchy...especially RTW SS 96. I also LOVE his FW 94 collection...those Kimono suits are phenomenal.
 
Crap, I actually mislabeled those Givenchy rtw pictures. That was s/s 97, not 96....and I really love that collection too although I don't know if it's the hair and makeup that's making me like it so much.

But the two looks I posted really are gorgeous.
 
I loove those looks. I really like the egyptian dresses that are made out of safety pins. Absolutely genius. And I remember when Victoria Beckham used to wear those shoes that wrapped around her leg all the time when she was in the Spice Girls back then. I didn't know they were Givenchy though.
 
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Crap, I actually mislabeled those Givenchy rtw pictures. That was s/s 97, not 96....and I really love that collection too although I don't know if it's the hair and makeup that's making me like it so much.

But the two looks I posted really are gorgeous.
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Yes, it is SS 97...it really is stunning...in fact, in a way, it reminds me a bit of Lacroix HC FW 02...but I don't know if it's just because of the red runway.
 
That whole section of huge puff-sleeved bustiers with that insane hair and the fans and umbrellas was GORGEOUS. It was like Scarlett O'Hara gone mad.

What's so amazing about seeing these old Galliano collections is getting to see all of the things that John has reworked a number of times. Those Cheongsams and puff sleeved bustier tops that re-emerged in 1997, those ribbon ruffled Renaissance sleeves in 1998, that blue chiffon Sari dress with head scarf in 2003 the Flamenco gypsies from 1997 that turned up in his f/w 03 couture show....
 
^^I totally agree. You know, some people here on TFS give JPG grief for constantly redesigning his own pieces season after season, year after year....but when you begin to study the archives of other designers like Galliano and McQueen, you begin to see they are no different.

And to be totally honest, I actually REALLY like it when these three men (JPG, McQueen and Galliano) reinvent their own history...you know, when they base an entire collection on one or two looks they did years ago. Or how each collection will have a look that is almost identical to previous collections, or they'll do numerous collection based on one idea...I don't know. It's an interesting design strategy. And I find this sort of repetitiveness endearing as opposed to exhausting.
 
I think for me my disappointment when Gaultier reworks pieces and ideas is more because I usually end up liking the original piece better, whereas with John it's almost always an improvement....if not in the design itself then at least in the technique.

What struck me as strange was two similarities between pieces in that collection and pieces McQueen has done. Those satin Cheongsams with the little slashes reminded me immediately of stuff McQueen was doing circa 96/97, and I'm pretty sure that his 1995 Highland r*pe collection had garments that were slashed in the torso as part of the cut.

These are from S/S 1996 and S/S 1997, respectively
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Then there were those few looks that came out towards the beginning with the swords holding the skirts up (one was yellow and red stripes, another was an American flag) and McQueen did a dress with that exact same detail in his s/s 02 collection....even the side that the sword sits on is the same.
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