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On 1 January, 2009, it was announced that Galliano was admitted to the [[French Legion of Honour]] with the rank of Chevalier.<ref>[http://www.chronicle.gi/readarticle.php?id=000015114&title=The%20Gibraltar%20Chronicle The Gibraltar Chronicle - Galliano in French Legion of Honour (9-1-2009)]</ref> |
On 1 January, 2009, it was announced that Galliano was admitted to the [[French Legion of Honour]] with the rank of Chevalier.<ref>[http://www.chronicle.gi/readarticle.php?id=000015114&title=The%20Gibraltar%20Chronicle The Gibraltar Chronicle - Galliano in French Legion of Honour (9-1-2009)]</ref> |
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On 01 Mars, 2011, his career war ruined forever. |
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Revision as of 14:02, 2 March 2011
John Galliano | |
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| Born | Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano Guillén November 28, 1960 |
| Education | Central Saint Martins |
| Label(s) | John Galliano, Galliano |
| Awards | British Fashion Designer of the Year for 1987, 1994, 1995 and 1997. Dress of the Year Fashion Museum, Bath for 1988. |
Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano, CBE, RDI (born 28 November 1960), professionally known as John Galliano, is a British fashion designer who was head designer of Christian Dior from 1997 to 1 March 2011, when he was dismissed after a video showing him making antisemitic remarks appeared.
Early life and career
Born in Gibraltar to a British father and an Andalusian mother, [1] Galliano moved to Streatham in southwest London at six[2] and later to Brockley,[3] and attended St. Anthony's RC School and Wilson's Grammar School in London. He attended Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, from which he graduated in 1984 with a first class honours degree in fashion design. His first collection, inspired by the French Revolution and entitled Les Incroyables, received positive reviews and was bought in its entirety by and sold in the London fashion boutique Browns. Galliano began his own label and met future collaborators Amanda Harlech, at that time stylist with Harpers and Queen, and Stephen Jones, a milliner.
Initially, financial backing came from Johan Brun, and when this agreement came to an end, Danish entrepreneur Peder Bertelsen, owner of firm Aguecheek, who were also backing Katherine Hamnett at the time, took over. This agreement ended in 1988 and Galliano sought the backing of German agent Faycal Amor (owner and designer of fashion label Plein Sud) who directed him to set up his base in Paris. Galliano relocated to Paris in search of financial backing and a strong client base. His first show was in 1989 as part of Paris Fashion Week.
Media fashion celebrity Susannah Constantine has worked for Galliano in the past,[4] and he has also aided the future success of other designers including shoe designer Patrick Cox.
In 1991, he collaborated with Kylie Minogue, designing the costumes for her Let's Get to It Tour.
Paris
In 1993, Galliano's financial agreement with Amor ended and he did not show in October, missing the season. With the help of American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, then European Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Galliano was introduced to Portuguese socialite and fashion patron Sao Schlumberger and financial backers of venture firm Arbela Inc, John Bult and Mark Rice. It was through this partnership that Galliano received the financial backing and high society stamp needed to give him credibility in Paris. This collection was important in the development of John Galliano as a fashion house, and is regarded as a 'fashion moment' in high fashion circles. High profile models at this show included Kate Moss, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista, all of whom were rumoured to have waived their usual couture appearance fees. Financial backing and the use of Schlumberger's unoccupied Parisian mansion as a temporary HQ and theatrical setting for the show allowed Galliano to produce 17 black outfits with a fifteen day deadline. High profile clients in attendance at the presentation included Madonna and Beatrice Rothschild. Fashion critics noted that his work moved away from traditional forms of pret-a-porter, becoming much more like that associated with haute couture and attracting a younger, more fashion aware customer than that of long established French fashion houses. Couture garments traditionally feature the finest quality materials, workmanship and techniques. Galliano used these techniques on a smaller scale and relaunched himself and his fashion house on the Parisian and worldwide fashion scene.
In July 1995, he was appointed as the designer of Givenchy by Bernard Arnault, owner of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, thus becoming the first British designer to head a French haute couture house. On 21 January 1996, Galliano presented his first couture show at the helm of Givenchy at the Stade Francais. The collection received high praise within the fashion media. Less than two years later, on October 14, 1996, LVMH moved Galliano to Christian Dior, replacing Italian designer Gianfranco Ferré.[5] His first couture show for Dior coincided with the label's 50th anniversary, on January 20, 1997.
Inspirations
He has been quoted as identifying his love of theatre and femininity as central to his creations: "my role is to seduce", he has said, and has gone so far as recreating some of Dior's period clothing for Madonna in the film Evita. Galliano has reputedly cited Charlize Theron as a muse and has been creating couture dresses for her to wear to formal red carpet events such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is also part of the ad campaign for Dior's "J'Adore" perfume, while Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley, fronts his "Miss Dior Cherie" perfume, and Kate Moss, in photographs by Nick Knight, his ready-to-wear campaigns as well as modelling in both couture and ready-to-wear shows. His couture shows have featured other elite couture models of the last two decades - Erin O'Connor, Alek Wek, Linda Evangelista, and Karen Mulder. Hollywood film stars Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman have frequently worn dresses created by him to the Academy Awards. Galliano's Private clientele for his couture collections has include Daphne Guinness and the late Diana, Princess of Wales.
Currently, between his own label and Dior, Galliano produces six couture and ready-to-wear collections a year and a new mid-season range under his own name "G Galliano".
Similarities between Galliano and the fictional amoral fashion designer Mugatu, with his "Derelicte" homeless fashion show, from the movie Zoolander have been pointed out by some commentators.[6]
Dismissal from Dior
On 25 February 2011, Dior announced that it had suspended Galliano following his arrest over an alleged anti-semitic assault in a Paris bar. [7] Three days later, British tabloid newspaper The Sun posted a video on their website showing Galliano in another incident at the same bar, hurling anti-semitic insults at a group of Italian women and declaring "I love Hitler... People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be f...ing gassed."[8] This incident happened just before Paris Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2011/2012. It remains unconfirmed whether or not the collections for Dior and his own label will debut.
Natalie Portman, a Jewish actress whose great-grandparents were killed in Auschwitz, had an endorsement contract with Dior for its Miss Dior Cherie fragrance. In a statement, she expressed "disgust" at John Galliano's anti-semitic comments[9]. Portman said: “I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano’s comments that surfaced today...I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful.” [10]
On 1 March 2011, Dior announced that it had begun procedures of dismissal for Galliano, with Dior's chief executive Sidney Toledano stating "I very firmly condemn what was said by John Galliano". The "maison" has taken steps to dismiss the operator after a video of a second incident emerged on the internet showing Galliano, visibly drunk, declaring "I love Hitler". [11] After the incident Galliano's popular personal website was jammed and made unavailable for visitors. [12]
Galliano has denied the allegations through his attorney.[13]
Honours
Galliano was awarded British Designer of the Year in 1987, 1994 and 1995. In 1997, he shared the award with Alexander McQueen, his successor at Givenchy.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List[14] for his services to the Fashion Industry as a Fashion Designer. He received his CBE on November 27, 2001 at Buckingham Palace in London, England.
He was awarded the RDI in 2002 for his contribution to the fashion industry.
He has appeared on The Independent on Sunday's 2007 "pink list" for being one of "the most influential gay people in Britain."[15]
On 1 January, 2009, it was announced that Galliano was admitted to the French Legion of Honour with the rank of Chevalier.[16]
On 01 Mars, 2011, his career war ruined forever.
See also
References
- ^ Galliano's future at Dior in doubt as footage shows him saying 'I love Hitler'Kim Willsher, guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 February 2011 20.37 GMT
- ^ "John Galliano" by Colin McDowell, page 74 - ISBN 0-297-81938-0
- ^ Interview with JOHN GALLIANO by Paula Reed, Grazia Magazine, London 21 September 2010
- ^ Just a couple of swells — observer.guardian.co.uk
- ^ "John Galliano" by Colin McDowell, page 15 - ISBN 0-297-81938-0
- ^ Zoolander Ben Has Last Laugh — thisislondon.co.uk
- ^ http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG8347082/John-Galliano-suspended-by-Dior-following-arrest-over-anti-semitic-rant.html
- ^ "Film of John Galliano's racist rant in bar". 28 February 2011.
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- ^ http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/natalie-portman-condemns-galliano/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12611891
- ^ http://www.johngalliano.com/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12611891
- ^ [1] London Gazette, Saturday 16 June 2001, Supplement No. 1, (Queen's Birthday Honours) Name shown as John Charles Galliano
- ^ "Home > News > UK > This Britain The pink list 2007: The IoS annual celebration of the great and the gay". The Independent on Sunday. 6 May 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ^ The Gibraltar Chronicle - Galliano in French Legion of Honour (9-1-2009)