BerlinRocks said:
thr problem at Dior wasn't the hair or make up or clothes...The problem (if you think there's one) was the pressure M. Arnault put on terminator Galliano shoulders! John must SELL so his collection for Dior has to be wearable and "vendable"...everything is money! Dior is great House of Couture and...€€€!
could we please have some validation of the source of this information.
as far as i know, Christian Dior has been one of the most successful houses in the LVMH stable, under the creative direction of Mr Galliano.
the thing is the collection that is shown on the runway is not often the collection that is sold in the stores.
a large part of what is stocked by the stores (50-70%) comes from the pre-collections of these large companies.
so it would be really surprising for Mr Arnault to issue such an ultimatum.
Johns work has never largey been to make real clothes for the fashion shows, but to create collections for shows that makes the brand interesting and desireable to the customers.
the shoes, bags, leather goods, perfumes, showroom collections etc. is what really takes care of sales
that said, he has done two great collections in one season. and i really appreciate him doing that.
wherever he is right now both mentally and creatively, lets hope he stays there, as this is him at his best, it is amazing that someone as good as he is (and was before the hobo collection of 2000) has given us such crap of collections for the past 6 years.
lets whish him all the best and hope he continues in this vein for seasons to come.....................