GALLIANO John (Designer)

This show-stopping creation is a fitting example of designer John Galliano's flamboyance and cheeky wit. A prodigious talent, Galliano caught the fashion world's attention with "Les Incroyables", his graduation collection from Saint Martins School of Art in 1984. Launching his own label in the same year, he quickly made a name for himself as a master of intricate couture techniques and expert bias cuts. In 1995 he was appointed creative director of Givenchy, the first British designer to head a French couture house. A year later he moved to Dior, where his romantic sensibility produced spectacular collections, referencing Madame Butterfly, Napoleon and Josephine and A Streetcar Named Desire. In 2011 he was dismissed from Dior, a victim of what journalist Suzy Menkes described as the "perfect storm" of increasing commercial pressure and the ruthless commodification of talent that bedevils in the fashion industry. 

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