John Galliano - Designer

This obviously isn't very sensible. But I'll take it anyway and I'll keep supporting great master like Galliano. It seems like the next couture week will be pretty damn exciting.
 
I do not if this is good or bad, but I am definitely very excited to see what will happen. January will not come soon enough for me.
 
First Gemma´s comeback now John´s! :D
I don´t know how his aesthetics will affect Margiela, Galliano is too "femenine" imo. But for sure I´ll be anxiously waiting his debut, hopefully we´ll see a whole new Galliano side :)
 
I must say this is weird to read people worrying about the legacy of Margiela in the days of "chaises musicales" ... Chanel is no longer, YSL is no longer, Dior is no longer, Chloe, Givenchy, Sonia Rykiel, JPG (where Margiela started) is no longer, Carven, Vionnet, Ungaro, and so on

I agree with you completely.

And it's not like Margiela has had any sort of identity whatsoever since the man himself left the house.

Blazy was making baby steps, but that's all they were, baby steps. I'm confident he'll land in a good place, one better suited for his more commercial aesthetic.

The house needs someone with a strong point of view, and they got it.

Really excited to see how this turns out!
 
I've been loving the recent direction of the brand so this comes as a bit of a sad news to me. But of course, I'm sure intrigued to see what Galliano will do here. How the industry will welcome him back, if he will drop his buffoon ways, how he'll approach Margiela's history... this will keep us going for a while.
 
Also - it seemed to me that we all agreed that spring 2015 has been one of the most lackluster seasons in a long time. Plus it's been a while since i got excited about Haute Couture season.... however this will go, and it could be either really bad or great, at least there's gonna be something interesting going on. If we can live with whatever Wang's doing at Balenciaga, i guess we can have a little faith in John's couturier expertise - something that's truly lacking these days.
 
This is indeed great news.
Yes it is a strange collaboration, but as people have said, Margiela has been desperately needing proper new direction instead of this watered-down hither-and-dither; plus, I can see that a creative visionary like Galliano would find the discrepancies a welcome challenge. He needs a chance and outlet more than anything; this can be a good stepping stone for both Galliano and MMM.
 
It's exciting news to see John back but I'm a little sad because I love the direction its under now. But I'm curious to see what will happen. Especially for Couture.
 
I am so happy that John is coming back in a big way. And back to COUTURE, too!

And while at first, it may sound like a strange fit, I actually think if you look back at what John was doing in the early 2000's at both Dior and his own label, he really was doing a lot of very experimental work...deconstructing, reconstructing, re-purposing and re-contextualizing what clothing could be.

I think it's the fact that he sort of became synonymous with a certain type of vintage glamour that most are forgetting that the man is capable of much more than a siren's bias cut gown.
 
I'm excited to see what this all will look like. MMM needs some new direction, that's for sure.
 
well- it's for the couture only, right?
which about 3 people buy anyway...
and i doubt anyone really ever bought MMM couture-
i mean- a mini dress made of wigs turned inside out?
i would say that stuff was ever flying off the shelves/racks...

in the meantime- it give galliano the opportunity to really go for it, from a creative point of view...
frankly-
a dress made from old newspapers is actually quite relevant in both designers vernaculars...

the challenge for John will be to stay away from bias cut...
because that is what made him famous and is the very antithesis of MMM...
the MMM customer wants to be sexy without being overt...
i'm not sure i've ever seen galliano do this and i'm not even sure he can...

time will tell...

in any case- i wish him well...
he really got screwed, imo...
i hope he doesn't withdraw the case against arnault...

anyway- john should feel a little satisfaction about how this is all turning out - dior totally sucks now...
it's not like they got rid of him and everything is just selling like hotcakes...
:lol:...
 
at this point i've become so fed up with the direction MMM has been taking and the latest collection for me was the final nail in the coffin. while galliano was never a particular favourite of mine,specifically after his ego started to become bigger than dior,and his aesthetics and ideas were less conceptual and innate than MM,perhaps the time away has changed his design aesthetics? and who knows,looking at a lot of galliano's work before the gimmicks and garishness,there was an exquisitely experimental side to him and maybe he can take MMM back to those roots. btw,inge grognard who is a childhood friend and close collaborator of MM himself said this is precisely the direction that MM wanted before he departed so maybe this will be a positive thing.
 
^ I think Dior is selling quite well. And you, out of everyone, with your 50K + posts, should know that couture is the source of fantasy and desire that drive the other cheaper collections such as ready-to-wear and cosmetics.

I hope John will take over the whole company, not just the couture.
 
I could cry about this, seriously. I'm very excited for the Haute Couture collection.
 
I couldn't think of a better way for him to make a comeback than with a couture show. Although I feel like he would have been a better fit to take over for OdlR.

A little sad to see that Matthieu won't be there anymore, though. I quite liked what he was doing. Hopefully he gets picked up by a big company.
 
I like galliano for who he is, his ott aesthetics but Margiela is really one of a kind in the fashion world until lately.

I always hope secretly they will just bring someone unknown but talented, surely there is one out there, instead of trying to leverage on Galliano'so reputation, scandal or no scandal, his aesthetics simply doesn't fit with Margiela's.

But well, it's diesel, right?
 
This are incredible news!! I'm so happy I love Galliano and fashion has become such a snooze fest, I'm exited how he will incorporate his genius and talent within the house aesthetic and legacy! Galiano needed a comeback and I'm happy he is in a house that creates Haute Couture. People should also give him back his name label since it has become such a tragedy with the other designer.
 
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well- it's for the couture only, right?
which about 3 people buy anyway...

and i doubt anyone really ever bought MMM couture-
i mean- a mini dress made of wigs turned inside out?
i would say that stuff was ever flying off the shelves/racks...

in the meantime- it give galliano the opportunity to really go for it, from a creative point of view...
frankly-
a dress made from old newspapers is actually quite relevant in both designers vernaculars...

the challenge for John will be to stay away from bias cut...
because that is what made him famous and is the very antithesis of MMM...
the MMM customer wants to be sexy without being overt...
i'm not sure i've ever seen galliano do this and i'm not even sure he can...

time will tell...

in any case- i wish him well...
he really got screwed, imo...
i hope he doesn't withdraw the case against arnault...

anyway- john should feel a little satisfaction about how this is all turning out - dior totally sucks now...
it's not like they got rid of him and everything is just selling like hotcakes...
:lol:...

Nope, John will exact creative control over all MMM lines: womens, mens, couture, accessories, the lot!:woot:
 
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Most exciting fashion news in ages! Hope he goes back to his namesake line soon too. I can't wait for Couture Week! :buzz:
 
If he can tap back into that early 00's era of himself, I really think this will be a very, very strong fit (of course, it'd be best if he could be at his own label...)
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