John Galliano - Designer

[youthinasia]

 

[PDFSD]

any ways the label won't have his John Galliano as LVMH owns its rights to use for clothing and acc ;

Jo malone fragrance collection for zara is also being sued for breach of contract as she jo malone sold her brand and ip jo malone to estee lauder, so estee filed a lawsuit last week for her having her name in the description of the perfumes she is doing for zara.

so will be interesting to see what this project will be labeled ........for sure something romantically democratic

 

[GIVENCHYlover]

^ I remember when I first saw the Jo Malone perfumes for Zara. It really felt like an official collaboration... anyone who wasn’t aware of the split would easily assume it was the same Jo Malone and buy into it.

With his role at Dior, I was wondering whether JW Anderson might eventually end his collaboration with Uniqlo because of the prestige factor.

 

[Lola701]

Everyone said it here but it’s symptomatic of the shift in the luxury fashion industry—where they’re now more corporate and merchandise-drivrn while it’s the contemporary brands (I’m guessing that’s where Zara wants to be and COS too) that’s the creative authority. The big brands will be fine, but there will be corrections.

My Gen-Z family members would rather shop at AMI or some contemporary brand from a different country than line up at Louis Vuitton. It’s not a cultural signifier anymore to dress in designer. I think it’s nice that creativity is more accessible. I would be happy if this means something like HEDI SLIMANE for COS, as horrible that thought is.

Is it really an issue of creativity or accessibility?
AMI design really terre-à-terre clothes. They are great.
Brands that offers more creativity, from Vuitton to Rabanne, from Marni to Rick Owens or even CDG offers more than merchandise.
But why people go for merchandise? Because it’s easier to access both in terms of price point and lifestyle.

How many people in their daily lives are able to wear creative pieces? If you work from 9 to 5 in a office, you would dress in some sort of conventional version of yourself and maybe the only touch of creativity you would allow yourself to have will be in a print, your shoes or maybe your outerwear or accessories…

Galliano can do the most amazing pieces but I don’t think that most of the people who adore the grandeur of Galliano would actually wear the grandeur of Galliano in their daily lives.

In general people wears their best pieces at events or for eveningwear.

I would say that this kind of collaboration would allow John to speak to people who loves the grandeur of his work but who can’t afford to indulge in it from a financial or social POV.

I’m evolving on questions regarding High Fashion and fast fashion and the place of a designer.
I’m not interested in designers doing a cheap version of their work for high street but the idea that design, good design could be made affordable with the constraints of those brands is interesting.
It’s something that Karl, CDG, V&R and Cavalli did for H&M, that even Karl and Yves did for 3 Suisses and that really solidified itself with Uniqlo and Jil. Jil and later Lemaire, now Clare are really giving good design with the constraints.

It’s the only way those collabs make sense. If it’s the approach for Galliano, I’m all for it. Lead with design even if the ultimate goal is marketing oriented.
Hopefully the collection will be produced in Europe, preferably Spain.

It’s something that designers in industrial / interior design are doing greatly but that fashion still doesn’t do that smoothly (even if there are always examples of the contrary).

 

[Lola701]

any ways the label won't have his John Galliano as LVMH owns its rights to use for clothing and acc ;

Jo malone fragrance collection for zara is also being sued for breach of contract as she jo malone sold her brand and ip jo malone to estee lauder, so estee filed a lawsuit last week for her having her name in the description of the perfumes she is doing for zara.

so will be interesting to see what this project will be labeled ........for sure something romantically democratic

Maybe JGalliano like his IG name?
I suppose all the trademark have been used for his brand and the collaborations.
Does Diptyque still produces the candle he did for them?

 

[tricotineacetat]

Is it really an issue of creativity or accessibility?
AMI design really terre-à-terre clothes. They are great.
Brands that offers more creativity, from Vuitton to Rabanne, from Marni to Rick Owens or even CDG offers more than merchandise.
But why people go for merchandise? Because it’s easier to access both in terms of price point and lifestyle.

How many people in their daily lives are able to wear creative pieces? If you work from 9 to 5 in a office, you would dress in some sort of conventional version of yourself and maybe the only touch of creativity you would allow yourself to have will be in a print, your shoes or maybe your outerwear or accessories…

Galliano can do the most amazing pieces but I don’t think that most of the people who adore the grandeur of Galliano would actually wear the grandeur of Galliano in their daily lives.

In general people wears their best pieces at events or for eveningwear.

I would say that this kind of collaboration would allow John to speak to people who loves the grandeur of his work but who can’t afford to indulge in it from a financial or social POV.

I’m evolving on questions regarding High Fashion and fast fashion and the place of a designer.
I’m not interested in designers doing a cheap version of their work for high street but the idea that design, good design could be made affordable with the constraints of those brands is interesting.
It’s something that Karl, CDG, V&R and Cavalli did for H&M, that even Karl and Yves did for 3 Suisses and that really solidified itself with Uniqlo and Jil. Jil and later Lemaire, now Clare are really giving good design with the constraints.

It’s the only way those collabs make sense. If it’s the approach for Galliano, I’m all for it. Lead with design even if the ultimate goal is marketing oriented.
Hopefully the collection will be produced in Europe, preferably Spain.

It’s something that designers in industrial / interior design are doing greatly but that fashion still doesn’t do that smoothly (even if there are always examples of the contrary).

This is perhaps the main difference between my most purely fashion-enthusiastic 20-something self in the 2000s, compared to the place I find myself in, moving forward in 2026; there is a degree of questioning how clothes can/will integrate in the activities that commonly happen in my life, versus my previous self, who would just buy what he likes without really asking myself if there was an actual need or occasion to wear the clothes, at all.

That being said, as a buyer for a boutique, wearing fancy clothes on a more casual level felt right, whereas sitting at a desk or running a daily errand in a fancy blazer feels quite a bit overdressed - The reality is, I have a substantial part of my wardrobe now filled with clothes I still love, but barely get to wear.

So whenever people brush off the criteria of practicality and pragmatism in fashion, it's a lazy response in the bane of creative freedom or a disregard for what most often matters in the end of the day; you don't want to wear a silk dress that wrinkles in an unpleasant manner after a seated appointment or car ride, there is no joy in a garment you wear once that your dry cleaner will hate you for because of a combination of fabrics used that make it impossible to clean.

There will always be a small segment in my wardrobe left for pieces that defy these regards but they make up the smallest amount in 2026 - Much like a dietician would rightly answer you don't make up the largest part of what you eat from cake, lol. I will most likely not buy from Haider's Tom Ford for that very reason (did you, Lola?).

 

[Nimsay]

I mean it was never normal for a 20 something fresh out of college to buy a Chanel bag. That customer going to AMI is a correction.

Galliano's name in the same sentence as Zac Posen and Claire lady means his career is over and that moving onto these types of brands is a post-career move. Hedi Slimanes - hopefully - career is not over so he doesn’t have to make that move.

 

[PDFSD]

^ I remember when I first saw the Jo Malone perfumes for Zara. It really felt like an official collaboration... anyone who wasn’t aware of the split would easily assume it was the same Jo Malone and buy into it.

With his role at Dior, I was wondering whether JW Anderson might eventually end his collaboration with Uniqlo because of the prestige factor.

JW Anderson x Uniqlo has been an 9 years an ongoing thing and with his own JW Anderson brand being restructured the JWA x Uniqlo a helps with name recognition & steady brand awareness for his own brand that later will help with launch of products like fragrance etc

his prestige is in tact with Dior and how small and niche his own brand is , its a pyramid structure that works as long as your top end is influential & successful.

also the uniqlo clothes are so basic everyday they don't compete with main line or his dior experimental aura even if you leave the Dior store with a rugby polo designed by jwa.

also the 90 % of both main clients are far from each other uniqlo is about practical day wear , dior clients want status and luxury from dior.

KL did had his own cheap line and was doing chanel and fendi as you see on here with zara and IRL people dont care.
expensive things are also cheap or bought by cheap people ...

 

[CholoChic]

Galliano must be tired of "heritage" and "archives" from a big house, including Galliano self archive. I understand he smelt the top and while everyone joins to try and reach his steps, he is descending: So a brand as Zara is just to have fun with his touch of grace, genius, and passion that are not over on him.
Anderson can stay buried in the mothballs of the archives. John just wants to, and can, have fun.

 

[Nimsay]

KL never has a cheap line while he was alive. He has that one H&M collaboration which of course set the tone bc it was ultimate high low irony. Never done before. Even the commercial was openly making fun of high low irony.

now 20 years later the king of high low - John Galliano - is now there because high low has run its course.

Warped clothes will go back to looking like cheap junk. Like they did before JG Dior. Everyone was stunned at JG Dior bc it was high low high fashion.

 

[disco54]

Galliano would have been amazing at Chanel, instead we get this garbage

Chanel's Spring 2026 Show Joyfully Shoots For The Stars

Matthieu Blazy's first runway show for Chanel marked a triumphant debut at Paris Fashion Week's Spring 2026 season.

fashionweekdaily.com

 

[susseinmcswanny]

Chanel would probably kill him lbr

 

[LadyJunon]

Galliano would have been amazing at Chanel, instead we get this garbage
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Chanel's Spring 2026 Show Joyfully Shoots For The Stars

Matthieu Blazy's first runway show for Chanel marked a triumphant debut at Paris Fashion Week's Spring 2026 season.

fashionweekdaily.com

Chanel does 10 collections a year, 6 of them being presented via 20 minute-long runways with 80 exits each, while he struggled with his two at Margiela. Chanel would snatch his soul like cheap weave.

 

[Balthier]

Anyone remembers when they did a making of video (by SHOWstudio lols) and the editor forgot to take out the part where a ZARA tag was visible from a jacket they were using?
If so we have come full circle…

Not interested. More jackets with random cuts here and there (reminds me of the video he made for his last artisanal collection...I literally was shocked to see his team bought a Zara second hand jacket to "deconstruct" it).

I hope this time they remove the Zara tag at least...

@jeanclaude any insight? 😂

 

[jeanclaude]

Anyone remembers when they did a making of video (by SHOWstudio lols) and the editor forgot to take out the part where a ZARA tag was visible from a jacket they were using?
If so we have come full circle…


@jeanclaude any insight? 😂

It turns out it was an audition for the Zara role...

 

[milanjv]

Chanel does 10 collections a year, 6 of them being presented via 20 minute-long runways with 80 exits each, while he struggled with his two at Margiela. Chanel would snatch his soul like cheap weave.

you're very right, he definitely could not keep up with that now. historically he was doing more than double that (30 per year?), but...the cost took its toll at a cafe in paris. suppose who knows if he was in his prime now with society being on much more of a health kick (on the surface) if all that would never have happened, but also could it have been the substances that made his legacy so wild? who knows.

 

[Alquimista]

Sad last days!

 

[hamburgers]

The algorithm has notified me Desigual designed by M. Christian Lacroix is still going since 2011 so there is even the possibility of a contract renewal if they're both up to it

 

[Alquimista]

But seriously: from my POV (Brazil), Zara is not exactly cheap as in europe; you can buy it if you're middle class but it's not cheap cheap.

And as a person who is not a fabric fetichist, I love designers working with not so dignified fabrics. Fine silk can be luxurious but it's not an essential part of fashion design in general imo.

 

[disco54]

Chanel does 10 collections a year, 6 of them being presented via 20 minute-long runways with 80 exits each, while he struggled with his two at Margiela. Chanel would snatch his soul like cheap weave.

True but rather 2 great Galliano collections in a year rather than 10 sh!t ones like Blazy is putting out. One can dream lol