John Galliano - design essay
John Galliano was born
on the 28th November, 1960 in Gibraltar. He was moved by his Spanish
mother and his father to London when he was at the age of 6. His mother often
wears him elaborated outfits. She was very proud with him and with her other
members in the family.
In 1981 he enrolled at
central Saint Martin’s college of art and design. When he was in school he worked
as a dresser for Britain’s National theatre. In 1984 he had the graduating
collection and was bought by the independent London fashion Boutique, Browns.
It was entitled ‘les increyables’ and was inspired by the French revolution. He
then had his own label and had dramatic and intricate collections. But then he
was squashed by some business prowess. Then he went Bankrupt in 1990.
He was then introduced
by Anna Win tour and vogues creative director for the American edition, Andre Leon
Tally to Portuguese fashion patron Sao Schlumberger. She loaned him her house
for a fashion show.
John had created some of
the most famous collections like the Dubois in October 2008 which was inspired
by the 1951 film A Streetcar Named desire and the Napoleon and
Josephine in March 1992 inspired by the love story
of these figures. He was named a British designer of the year in 1987, 1994 and
1997.
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| John Galliano during the fashion show 1987 |
In his design one can
see John in his fashion show. He is wearing a white dress which is full of
layers it is very elegant. I think that this dress is not a usual pattern since
it has a lot of work in it. I like also that the design have shadows in the
layers. From the image I can also conclude that the material for the dress was
silk. This is because of the shining it has and always its thickness. I also
think that it was inspired from flowers because of the design in hole is like a
flower faced down and also have lines like petals behind each other.
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| 1994 design |
In this design one can see a dress
which has a high waste in its lower part. It has also patterned sleeves. There
is a difference from the first one because of its shape and color. The shape of
the dress is patterned on the upper side and hence lot of fabric is used for
the bottom part.
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John Galliano’s graduate collection,
1984, Central Saint Martins, London
In this
costume he designed John Galliano was
influenced from the French Revolution.
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| John Galliano for Christian Dior Spring Summer 2007 |
This
dress is completely different from the others. It is plainest but also elegant.
The colors of the brown have also a good eye catch-up. Fewer time is also used
to make the dress. It has also more modern style.
I liked
much this designer because of his professional artistic designs he used. He
also inspired me for the future since I like much textiles and can make and use
some of his designs for making something with them.
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