John Galliano
John Galliano
John Charles Galliano CBE, RDIis a Gibraltar-born British fashion designer who was the head designer of French fashion companies Givenchy, Christian Dior, and his own label John Galliano. At present, Galliano is the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth28 January 1960
house
Sure, I'd like to be like the House of Chanel
want helping accomplices
I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want.
dolls body
I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies
clothes body layers
I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.
boys thinking littles
I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.
haute-couture way couture
I have a very haute couture way of working.
sexy bowie creatures
What about David Bowie? He's a sexy creature.
lasts pressure enormous
You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.
father gay honest
I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings.
fresh miss perfume
The perfume is sweet, like the girl, and is young and a fresh reinvention of Miss Dior.
becomes collection dress dresses evening inspired leopard print shirts start suddenly sweater tailored
We start the collection with sharply tailored Moroccan inspired suits. And then, as the show progresses, it becomes gentler, softer, more feminine. Men's evening dress shirts suddenly become wafting long dresses in leopard print sweater chiffon.
opportunity paying truly wicked worth
What you're paying for is technique. And the opportunity to look truly wicked. Isn't it worth it as long as you look wicked and feel good?
room
There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art.
hidden hide problem women
The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence.