Though I respect your opinion, I must point out that, though Gaultier has never said that he went to Africa or Russia or China to find his inspirations, he, more then any other couturier I think, almost always references Saint Laurent, who had that same kind of wanderlust as Galliano. Whether that's conscious on Galutier's part or not I don't know. Though I respect him immensely for his talent and creativity, and I love his work as well, in that way I think he is less creative then Galliano. Of course, that's not to say that Galliano doesn't explore some of the same themes as YSL, but he, unlike Gaultier, seems to go direct to the source...whatever destination that may be and thoroughly explores the culture.