Fashion for ths Fall is not about minimal clothing, simplicity but the contrary extravagance and bold colors. John Galliano for his own line was thinking Robin Hood but minus the “men in tights”.
Paris Fashion Weeks always end with great success. A number of mass media outlets, including Hollyscoop.com, show a recap of what to expect from the city that invented fashion. For Fall it’s not about minimal clothing, simplicity but the contrary extravagance and bold colors. John Galliano for his own line was thinking Robin Hood but minus the “men in tights”.
At Paris Fashion Week, designers dug deep into the History books or Disney Fairy Tale flicks for their latest creations.
John Galliano for his own line John was thinking Robin Hood but minus the “men in tights”. You can say it was more like women in tights. Robin Hood: Men in Tights is a parody of the story of Robin Hood, particularly parodying Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Other Robin Hood films, such as The Adventures of Robin Hood and Disney's Robin Hood, are also parodied. It was directed by Mel Brooks and stars Cary Elwes in the title role.
It is time to remind how Galliano had reinvented the 1930s-line bias-cut dress and made it modern, as well as creating narrow, very feminine tailoring which was the envy of those less gifted. Yet it was still brave of Arnault to decide, in October 1995, to install John Galliano as chief designer of Givenchy. Galliano's fellow British designer, Alexander McQueen, was to take over at Givenchy, leaving Galliano to move to the much larger and wealthier house – also controlled by Arnault – Christian Dior. Today, John Galliano designs a dozen collections a year. Dior’s flagship boutique in Paris is a veritable superstore where customers queue for everything from couture wedding dresses to shoes, and fragrances: ever-anxious to buy into the image of the house that Galliano has re-created.
This is not surprising because John Galliano is fashion’s great romantic. From his fantastical clothes, to his colourful background, Galliano’s charmed rise to fame reads not unlike a fairy tale. His genius is his ability to communicate this through his clothes. He also has immense ambition. Behind his gentle aesthetic, John Galliano is a powerhouse, a man whose ambition to go down in history as one of fashion’s great is awesome, even intimidating. His long-time creative collaborator Amanda Harlech once described disagreeing with him thus: "I did only once and I can only compare it to being hit by a massive surfing wave. His indifference was absolute."