‘A Folk Horror Tale’    In the latest chapter of his podcast series, John Galliano reveals his inspiration and the development of techniques used to create his ‘Artisanal’ 2021 collection and the film he conceived for its presentation.    Through the grammar of haute couture, the quest is expressed in the alternative notion of neo-alchemy: the search for authenticity through scientific transmutations of shapes and textures of familiar garments, realised through harmonious dialogue with the...

THE MEMORY OF... With John Galliano For his Spring Summer 2021 Co-Ed collection, Maison Margiela’s Creative Director John Galliano opens the doors to the world of the Tango and the societal values associated with it – community, interdependency and primal, instinctive connection. Heroic cutting, storied garments and iconic wardrobe pieces become the main characters in a three-act tale moving from a Victorian wedding, a procession to a dance marathon. The designer illustrates how...

THE MEMORY OF... With John Galliano. "Hope, heroism, and hedonism," John Galliano says, reflecting on his first Maison Margiela collection since the lockdown. In the latest episode of The Memory Of... With John Galliano, the creative director reveals the inspirations and techniques behind his Artisanal Co-Ed Collection for Autumn-Winter 2020 and the creation of the feature film he conceived for its presentation. Executive production by KCD Digital Music and sound arrangement by Jeremy...

THE MEMORY OF... With John Galliano. For his Fall Winter 2020 Co-Ed Défilé collection, Maison Margiela’s Creative Director John Galliano continues his exploration of the gestures and uniforms associated with the bourgeoisie and our collective heritage. A return to worth, a sense of belonging evoking restorative sensibilities. Recicla is introduced. Items carrying the new white Recicla label – listing provenance and period – are genuine authentic finds, handpicked by John Galliano, restored...

THE MEMORY OF... With John Galliano In the latest episode of his podcast series for Maison Margiela, Creative Director John Galliano identifies the nature of the bourgeois gesture employed in the collection’s cutting techniques and investigates the impact of heritage codes in the age of cyber-industrial revolution. Through the recycling of bourgeois codes, an upcycling process of values is proposed: a new bourgeois consciousness founded in ethical principles of luxury. The grammar of...

THE MEMORY OF... With John Galliano In the latest episode of his podcast series for Maison Margiela, Creative Director John Galliano pays reverence to history and the lessons it taught us. Stories of hope, heroines and liberation remind us of the importance of remembrance. Through his explorations of the digital age, Mr. Galliano illustrates new techniques employed in the SS 20 coed collection - projective filtrage, tromp l’oeil hack prints and nomadic cutting – and discusses new proposals of...

Maison Margiela AW19 'Artisanal' Co-ed Show In the latest chapter of his podcast series, Maison Margiela’s Creative Director John Galliano further explores the theme of decadence. Reflecting on today’s culture of excess and the degeneration of social structures, he ponders on one’s need to reconnect and rely on one’s instinct. He talks about the language of consumerism and how it plays on our fetishistic impulse and, as a result, throughout his creative process. Projective filtrage, a new...

In this latest addition of his podcast series coinciding with his Paris shows, Maison Margiela Creative Director John Galliano takes listeners on a creative journey through his AW19 Co-Ed collection. He gives insight into how he has abstracted Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and how the classic story is relevant today; from the Artisanal, he continues his exploration of decadence and our oversaturated society and how it proposes a new minimalism; talks of Generations Y & Z as the growing future...

Maison Margiela Creative Director John Galliano continues his critically acclaimed Podcast series where he reveals the inspiration and creative process behind his latest SS19 Artisanal collection. By observing the excess and artifice of the world that we live in today Mr. Galliano ventures into a new era of decadence which eventually leads to a new desire for restraint. The designer illustrates his vision through cut and cloth and offers a new reality rooted in gender-fluid...

Timed with Maison Margiela’s co-ed SS19 Show, Maison Creative Director John Galliano launches his first fragrance, Mutiny. More than three years in development, Mutiny distills the value of a new generation into a parfum of change. Unfolding in the fragrance’s story are the empowering narratives of six creative and courageous Mutinists: singer, actress and dancer Willow Smith; singer Princess Nokia; model Molly Blair; model Hanna Gaby Odiele; actress Sasha Lane, and model Teddy Quinlivan....

In the fourth of his series of fashion show podcasts, Maison Margiela Creative Director John Galliano reveals the liberating thinking behind his latest Paris collection where he explores fit, cut and drape without consideration for gender for women’s and men’s wardrobes. The designer finds this new genderless approach to his design process surprising and transformative. He reveals social media infuentials and popular culture figures whose defiance and individuality inspire him and he looks...

Maison Margiela AW18 ‘Artisanal’ Women’s Show.  Maison Margiela today will debut coinciding with its Artisanal Women’s show in Paris the second podcast in its enthusiastically received series: ‘The Memory of... With John Galliano.’ It’s a first of its kind fashion podcast series that takes you on a journey to Creative Director Galliano’s Paris Atelier where he personally reveals the thinking behind his ‘Artisanal’ or haute couture women’s show. Galliano speaks to his continued exploration of...

Coinciding with the house’s first Artisanal Men’s show, Maison Margiela launches a new, first of a kind fashion podcast series: “The Memory of... With John Galliano.” The podcast tells a story usually only heard by select fashion insiders. It takes you on a journey to Creative Director Galliano’s Paris atelier where he personally reveals the thinking behind his first Artisanal Men’s Show. He speaks to new definitions of masculinity and femininity, his introduction of bias cut to menswear...