btw,reading that article about who he's bringing along,kind of worries me a little. i mean particularly poaching mustiere from of all labels cavalli....not exactly somebody you'd expect to have anything in common aesthetically with MMM. i really hope john doesn't turn this into some pompous,brash and egocentric galliano/dior 2.0.
If this were the John Galliano successfully fresh off his Dior stint, I'd definitely be grimacing at the prospects of MMM turning into Dior V2.0. But this is a very different, even reborn John Galliano at this stage of his career, and life. I think the fashion cartoon he was has been transformed, and/or evolved into a thoughtful designer again.
I suspect the main incentive for Renzo in hiring Galliano and his brand of showmanship is to boost the MMM brand to sell bags, shoes, sunglasses. John's cutting and tailoring skills may just be secondary.
I'm hoping that along the way, the designs, and the shows under Galliano's direction, will be something worthy of the MMM legacy as well-- but with Galiano's touch, because the last thing I want to see is Galliano trying to do MMM. Or even worse, MMM to be transformed into Galliano at Dior, V2.0.
I'd like to see Galliano thoughtfully bring the essence of MMM to the current time. Margiela isn't designing anymore, so it's impossible for John-- or anyone of us, to say what Margiela's design would have evolved into for 2015. It's interesting to see where Galliano will take it. As for the team they've wrangled for this, I'm not too concerned that someone who's been with Cavalli will bring that brand of fashion with them to MMM; Galliano is leading, not the former-Cavalli team member.
That's my expectation from this project.
I get that MMM faithfuls-- you being one of them Scott, would much prefer a designer that is more along the lines of Margiela's design perspective. And Galliano's known signature won't work well with what you're accustomed to, or expect from, for MMM. I think something unexpected is perfect. How much longer can in-house designers prolong the Margiela look before it becomes like what Sarah is doing at McQueen...? I think another bloodline is needed at MMM-- much the same way Riccardo injected freshness for Givenchy initially. Or better yet, to see another Margiela + Hermes come out of this would be so much more than I would expect. But, not unexpected.
