Monday, October 6, 2014

John Galliano to Maison Martin Margiela!

According to WWD, John Galliano is headed to Maison Martin Margiela to become creative director.  It is both exciting and baffling at the same time.  On the surface it seems a bit of an odd fit for Galliano, a designer of lush, exotic dreams of fantasy fashion and the paired down all white house of Margiela.  But there is the couture - and January haute couture will be Galliano's debut for Margiela - the ready-to-wear and the secondary line MM6.  

And then again - maybe there are some similarities...

Martin Margiela Spring Summer 1990:


and John Galliano's first collection Les Incroyables in 1984:


Margiela's dressmaker form vest from Spring 1997 (and see here from RARE vintage):


and Galliano's undone Christian Dior dresses from the Fall 2005 couture collection:


I can hardly wait until January!

xo, Juliana

No comments:

Post a Comment