“I love Hitler,” John Galliano was filmed saying in March 2011, at a cozy bar near his Paris home. The designer was fired from Dior a few days afterwards, and ostracised from the fashion community for four years.
His sketches capture the silhouette and spirit of Dior and a new era of fashion and femininity,' says John Galliano. 'His illustrations are timeless, ever youthful, ever faithful to the moment he saw; they capture the energy, the sophistication and daring of Dior, and equally are a token of an enduring friendship.' John Galliano vintage t-shirt. 5 out of 5 stars. (29) $186.00 FREE shipping. Vintage Christian Dior Pink Dior Monogram T-shirt Cotton by John Galliano White T Shirt Top USA 14 Authentic Made in France Size S-M.
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Born in Gibraltar, Galliano moved to London with his plumber father and flamenco teacher mother at the age of six. Between his strict, Roman Catholic upbringing and public school education, Galliano struggled to fit in, unable to navigate the two, different worlds. Upon enrolling to the Central Saint Martins College, he found his place. His close friends tried to excuse the 2011 hate slur as a harmless incident, noting that Galliano’s behaviour had become erratic, and his addiction to alcohol worsened over the preceding months.
Let me start this off by saying: fascism must be condemned. There’s no point in conducting a makeshift enquiry into the psychological makeup of a decried antisemite. Galliano’s story, however, presents us with a potent subject of enquiry, because it entails different forms of exile and excommunication, exemplifying how actively engaging in discrimination and being discriminated against can take place simultaneously. Galliano made a name with collections simultaneously evoking early the Parisian salons of the avant garde period, late ’90s pop culture and its penchant for kawaii, alongside orientalist motifs, Russian folklore and a lot more. Fond of theatricality and exuberance, the designer specialised in multifaceted fashion shows. Before he became a fascist, he was a loudly-applauded advocate of multiculturalism.
For his graduate show in 1964, Galliano took inspiration from the ultra-heavy, knee-high boots, thick, woolen, navy overcoats and crisp white ruffle collars the Jacobins wore during the French Revolution. He mixed these fierce, hyper-masculine elements with softer, more subtle touches, eloquent, silky waistcoats, amongst other crucial components of the London clubbing and ballroom scene. For his debut at Givenchy just one year later, Galliano looked back at his own cultural heritage. He created clothes best classified as power dressing, turning stiff, grey wool – standard office wear – into the shape of the elegant, ever-so-dramatic, uber-feminine silhouette of the traditional toreador uniforms. The cinched waists and ankle-length, breezy overcoats were accentuated with the folklore-inspired, bejewelled power shoulders, caps and badges.
- Somtimes I draw copies)) Here is orginal link video link Copy- sketch for Christian Dior by John Galliano. Fashion Sketches. Fashion Illustrations. Fashion Drawings. Retro: Paris 1976. Please step back in time with me to 1976.
- Galliano still makes his own John Galliano line, and opened an expectedly grandiose retail space in Paris on the Rue Saint-Honore in 2003. He lives in the Marais district of Paris, and adheres to a strenuous fitness regime to keep him toned for the sometimes shirtless catwalk struts he likes to take after presenting his collections.
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Galliano left Givenchy after one, rather brief season, replacing Giancarlo Ferre as the creative director at Dior. The collections to come out in the next few years revolved around pop culture, catering to a young, hip, cosmopolitan audience. Tight flares made of lustrous golden rayon, oversized mesh shirts and an overload of colourful bandanas became his new trademark. Think baggy pants cherished so much by a pre-celebrity status Gwen Stefani, mixed in with the rare treasures, neon-pink shawls and dusty knick-knacks found in the junk-filled drawers of New York socialites.
Aside from one, notoriously leather-clad, dominatrix-esque collection – on paper, it was inspired by the Matrix, though looking at those chunky, barely-yielding clasps, heavy belts and trusty coats offering full body coverage, some might detect the strong influence of BDSM dungeons – Galliano’s early career was relatively scandal-free, which is why the AW2000 Couture has likely proven harder to swallow. Why? Around halfway through, a Nazi uniform-clad model strutted down the runway, vigorously chasing after a scantily-clad, African-American girl wearing a tiny, tribal-inspired, brown crocodile leather slab of fabric for dress. To elevate the theatrically charged scene, Galliano chose a track featuring the harrowing sound of knives being sharpened and boot-thumping.
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Galliano incorporated Nazi imagery into his work long before the heavily-criticised video came out in 2011. His return to the fashion industry remains a contestable decision. His early collections attest to his unmatched ability to pay homage to cultural constructs. However, they also reveal an innate tendency for cultural appropriation, fetishisation and othering – as is exemplified by the inexcusable 2000 Autumn/Winter show.
Words - Leila Kozma
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