John Galliano - Designer

[brandon J pierre]

Just happy to see him working

 

[Caffeine]

I wanna participate but I’m too tall for Zara clothes ☹️

I'll buy more on behalf of you

 

[Lola701]

What I suspect the purpose of this is.. his 2 year partnership with Zara is to raise brand awareness for the eventual return to his own maison.

Bringing the Galliano name to the high street is quite clever strategically only because in order to relaunch JG, the brand needs to be financially viable in today's market. If there’s demand I’m sure the JG brand will make its return

More than brand awareness, I hope, if he indeed make a return with his own line that they will be clever enough to stay in the within a price point relevant to the people who are going to be reintroduced to his work.

So that means, Dries Van Noten, Paco Rabanne kind of area.

It’s a real test. I feel like there’s a magic behind the name, what it evokes and the shows and everything but in reality, we don’t know if people loves his clothes that much…Particularly millenials who are hunting for Vintage Dior or in general pre-2000’s Vintage Galliano.


Does it mean that they will start to have shows too? Part of the magic is also his shows…

I feel like Miss Ortega is relieving her teenage years: Narciso, Stefano, John, Meisel…etc. Probably people she loved growing up and now they all got to work with her for her brand.

 

[Deleted member 183337]

More than brand awareness, I hope, if he indeed make a return with his own line that they will be clever enough to stay in the within a price point relevant to the people who are going to be reintroduced to his work.

So that means, Dries Van Noten, Paco Rabanne kind of area.

It’s a real test. I feel like there’s a magic behind the name, what it evokes and the shows and everything but in reality, we don’t know if people loves his clothes that much…Particularly millenials who are hunting for Vintage Dior or in general pre-2000’s Vintage Galliano.


Does it mean that they will start to have shows too? Part of the magic is also his shows…

I feel like Miss Ortega is relieving her teenage years: Narciso, Stefano, John, Meisel…etc. Probably people she loved growing up and now they all got to work with her for her brand.

Both of them being Spanish helps a ton!

I bought one coat from the Zara X Stefano collab. The quality was impressive for high street. I hope they carry over the same precision in QC.

I know for a fact that there’s a demand for Galliano menswear. My brother started bodybuilding because of those hunky models (and colt magazines 🤣) none of his menswear was manufactured unfortunately..

Even though his work at Margiela was great (on paper) it was lacking the sex-appeal that a lot of his 90s/2000s clothes had. Of course if he just produces basic merchandise and doesn’t go full on out, then it’s a non-event long term.

 

[Deleted member 183337]

I do agree on pricing as well. It needs to be on pair with DVN or PR. I hope he has a great plan ahead to secure his legacy. This will probably be his last venture in fashion so it has to be a HIT!

 

[brandon J pierre]

What does this say about the future of fashion? fashion as it applies to commerce? This is one of the biggest designers in the world right now.

What do u guys think?
I'm happy to see him working, but I don't know how I feel about this.I'm also happy to see that people can get a taste of gallano.
I think maybe perhaps the luxury industry is going to shrink.
A lot of big houses are not doing well, financially , no matter how many designers they put in place.

The Big question is, will people with good money Walk into zaras and purchase a John galliano? If thats the case then some big houses will fold.

 

[Deleted member 183337]

What does this say about the future of fashion? fashion as it applies to commerce? This is one of the biggest designers in the world right now.

What do u guys think?
I'm happy to see him working, but I don't know how I feel about this.I'm also happy to see that people can get a taste of gallano.
I think maybe perhaps the luxury industry is going to shrink.
A lot of big houses are not doing well, financially , no matter how many designers they put in place.

The Big question is, will people with good money Walk into zaras and purchase a John galliano? If thats the case then some big houses will fold.

Generally. Yes. The Ludovic/Zara collab was a hit. Simply because what Zara does very well besides commerce is selling a visual story with each collection. I’ve noticed that even if the high street copies, they do it better in some cases compared to Dior or MB. I mean… literally look at Dior’s latest campaigns and tell me if they’re “high fashion” or aspirational. Dior’s recent ad campaign could be banana republic…

The western high-street definitely can’t compete with Shein, but economically speaking, I’ve noticed Gen Z isn’t willing to spend on the big 5 houses anymore (maybe Hermes yes).

As a millennial, yes I’m apart of that godforsaken generation, is starting to loose interest too! If you look on Reddit LV, CHANEL etc.. especially LV. All LV is doing is re-releasing MJ bags. The denim line is underwhelming bad! The idea of what these luxury brands think nostalgia is isn’t clicking because the visuals don’t equate to aspiration anymore.

 

[Lola701]

What does this say about the future of fashion? fashion as it applies to commerce? This is one of the biggest designers in the world right now.

What do u guys think?
I'm happy to see him working, but I don't know how I feel about this.I'm also happy to see that people can get a taste of gallano.
I think maybe perhaps the luxury industry is going to shrink.
A lot of big houses are not doing well, financially , no matter how many designers they put in place.

The Big question is, will people with good money Walk into zaras and purchase a John galliano? If thats the case then some big houses will fold.

I don’t think that in 2026, a designer doing a collaboration with a fast fashion brand, even more Zara, which has the money and has always borrowed from luxury is doing any harm to the luxury industry.

It’s good for Zara and John at best. It won’t influence the trajectory of any other house making their money with luxury goods.

It’s ambitious for Inditex because with John is coming a higher level of creativity and also of execution/quality. Their Atelier collections showed that they can do it.
John is clever enough as a designer to create with the context in mind.

However, what Zara is doing, similarly to what Uniqlo did was recontextualizing the path of a designer. It can become a appointment like any other because the frontiers are blurred today.
Zara is now working regularly with talents of the HF world so, the perception around those projects is not the same.

 

[PDFSD]

Hell froze over for real,its a sad development

Zara is a vile company there is nothing to celebrate, pls research guys.

 

[Royal-Galliano]

i mean i love to browse zara website every now and then, i love the elevated look they give their product photos (zara home in 99% cases), but i absolutely loathe the shopping experience in their shops. even in the flagship locations, it's literally unbearable. and then i hate having to literally set the alarm for the limited collections launches, i can't bother. as far as clothes are concerned, i've had such a bad experience with their menswear i never gave them a second, third or fourth chance. i got excited with the pilati collection but i didn't like anything in particular.

i agree the galliano world is more about the fluff (in a good way) and mindblowing storytelling than an actual product down the line but the pairing with zara sounds promising.

 

[Nimsay]

I thought you’d be happy as Zara is better than Chanel.

Yes this is a huge downgrade for John and to me indicates he has not rehabbed his image and is down bad. The executives are still not backing him.

This doesn’t make sense to get his name out there his name was out there from his MMM run. It was either go to another top label or this.

Sad. John’s career is over.

 

[LadyJunon]

The 1Granary/Central St. Martins tribe is absolutely freaking out about this without even bothering to look at the bigger picture of the industry.

Luxury is in its biggest decline since the 80s and between increasing corporate meddling and the more conservative tastes of luxury buyers, I can see creatives searching for fulfillment elsewhere. Most of the rising indie brands (Ami, Jacquemus, Acne) offer high fashion at a comtemporary price point and lots of mass market brands are investing in creative directors (Uniqlo, COS) to elevate their images.

If Galliano×Zara is both a creative and commercial success, it could challenge the hold luxury has on being the pinnacle creative authority in the mainstream. In truth, there's probably won't be much change outside of a revamped "Studio" line and a more focused brand image (possibly even a runway show), but that's all they really need.

 

[yslforever]

Can we hope for a runway show this upcoming September ?

 

[bennyboy]

Can't believe this is true. the King is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[brandon J pierre]

Hell froze over for real,its a sad development

Zara is a vile company there is nothing to celebrate, pls research guys.

Ture, but remember lv have to be stopped by the french government for burning unsellable luxury leather items.

 

[Nimsay]

It’s absurd to think this will be luxury as seams cost money.

It will be another decontent circus. Not to mention high low is totally dead

 

[brandon J pierre]

I will say , one thing , big fashion business and conglomerates really ruin beautiful fashion, design and creativity. That's my biggest takeaway about the Fashion industry right now.

 

[style_expert]

Such a sad way to end a career IMO.
One of the best designers of the last decades and you hire to him to 'reinterpret' the Zara 'archives'? Rather lame.

When he left Margiela I hoped it was because he had something else in the cards but apparently he didn't.

 

[Monsieur Cristobal]

I thought you’d be happy as Zara is better than Chanel.

Yes this is a huge downgrade for John and to me indicates he has not rehabbed his image and is down bad. The executives are still not backing him.

This doesn’t make sense to get his name out there his name was out there from his MMM run. It was either go to another top label or this.

Sad. John’s career is over.

Zara is not better than Chanel, but Chanel is not better than Zara.

In fact, the frenzy at rue Cambon is zaraesque. One could argue that it was the death certificate of shopping as a luxury experience.

I can totally understand the desire of a genius designer to dress literally everybody.

One of my first shocks in fashion was reading an interview with YSL where he stated his biggest regret was not having invented the blue jeans.
I was 12 and I couldn't understand it. The great Yves Saint Laurent? I was wearing blue jeans while reading it!

The same desire that led to Rive Gauche brought John here.
He already did things that 95% of the rest can only dream of.

 

[brandon J pierre]

Oh john