As Paris haute couture week comes to an end on Thursday, we look at the five things we learned from the elite fashion extravaganza: All hail Galliano Genius is a word that gets thrown around in fashion like confetti at a wedding, but many who witnessed John Galliano's two shows for Margiela over the past 12 days believed that in his case the...
Jan 25, 2018
Jenny Meirens, co-founder of Maison Martin Margiela has died at the age of 73. Paid tribute to by the fashion house in an Instagram post, featuring a photo of Meirens and Margiela together. In memory of Jenny Meirens, business partner of Martin Margiela and one of the visionaries behind the scenes at Maison Margiela. #rip Photo by Anders Edstorm...
Jul 3, 2017
Four years after a public, drunken, anti semitic outburst nearly ended his fashion career, infamous fashion designer John Galliano is set to make his much anticipated comeback to the industry on Monday, during the final day of London Collections: Men, as the new creative head for Maison Martin Margiela. The 'enfant terrible' will be bowing a...
Jan 12, 2015
Maison Martin Margiela is expected to show its Spring/Summer 2015 couture collection in London at the end of London Collections: Men this January. The show will mark John Galliano's catwalk debut for the Margiela brand, and sources have cited Galliano wanted to show the collection in London first, the city that launched his career after...
Dec 10, 2014
British designer John Galliano -- sacked three years ago by fashion house Dior over a drunken anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar -- has lost his case for unfair dismissal, lawyers for both parties said on Tuesday. A Paris labour court rejected his claim and ordered him to pay a symbolic one euro each to Dior and the John Galliano label which was...
Nov 5, 2014
With the Spring Summer 2012 womenswear catwalk season starting in less than a fortnight, the fashion press are imminently waiting to see who Dior will announce as it's new creative director. The recent revelations surrounding the John Galliano case, where LVMH did not report the true cause of death of Galliano's confidente Stephen Robinson, who...
Aug 23, 2011
It has been confirmed John Galliano will no longer be involved with his own brand. It came as no surprise when Christian Dior bosses terminated John Galliano's contract following his anti-Semitic outburst earlier this year, but now Galliano has also lost the contract of his own label, speculating on the future of the brand. The board at John...
Apr 15, 2011
If we are to believe the rumours on twitter, Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci is to be named as John Galliano’s replacement at Christian Dior imminently. Derek Blasberg, fashion journalist and editor tweeted last night: “’I was just told backstage at the @KatyPerry concert (of all places!) that Riccardo Tisci is CONFIRMED at Dior. I...
Mar 9, 2011
