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
real good-day boys
But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service.
fashion book years
Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work.
house
Sure, I'd like to be like the House of Chanel
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.
morning looks
Everything looks better in the morning.
I listen and talk to God daily.
haute-couture way couture
I have a very haute couture way of working.
lasts pressure enormous
You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.
suicide thinking creative
I've lost, but I also gained a lot. I'm a creative person, and no one can take that away from me. I've been told I committed professional suicide because it was the only escape from the terrible pressures I was facing. What do you think?
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.
new-york energy intense
I love New York. But the energy is so intense
book culture passionate
I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures... I've lived with Masai tribe... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection.
fashion want easy
If you want easy, don't pick fashion.
morning tired night
The new Galliano will be even bigger and better... I love working, it's my therapy. I can draw until four in the morning every night and not feel tired... I've come face to face with my demons, medicine and alcohol. I have rebuilt myself again.