JOHN GALLIANO
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JOHN GALLIANO, The KING of coutureMoving to London when he was six, he studied fashion at the prestigious London Saint Martin's School, and graduated first in his class with a poetic end-of-year collection on a "French Revolution" theme which drew rave reviews from the international press and was bought off the rack by Brown's, London's leading fashion store. In 1986, Galliano was named "British Designer of the Year", an award he would win three times in the next decade. But after showing his fall/winter collection for the first time in Paris in 1990, to an ecstatic audience, Galliano decided to make Paris his home in 1993. In 1995, his extraordinary talent drew concrete recognition when the world's leading luxury conglomerate LVMH (Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessey) tossed Galliano the design reigns -- for both Haute Couture and Ready-to-Wear -- of the prestigious fashion house, Givenchy. And a year later, he hopped from one LVMH chair to another by assuming the role of Design Director at Christian Dior. Galliano's first-ever dress for Dior was a navy lace and crepe column for Diana, Princess of Wales which she wore to the opening of Dior's 50th anniversary exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Galliano has since followed that striking debut with Couture and Ready-to-Wear collections inspired from a dizzying kaleidoscope of sources : Christian Dior's legendary "New Look," Edwardian dandies, Masaï maidens, American Indian and Raj princesses, ghetto-blaster-carrying Rappers, Peking Opera divas, even -- in one highly controversial Haute Couture collection -- the homeless. In November, 1999, John Galliano is named Artistic Director for Most Things Dior : its' women's lines, leathergoods, shoes, lingerie and beachwear, but also of its advertising and window displays. British photographer Nick Knight teams up with John Galliano to make sizzlingly sexy campaigns that project Dior as one of the world's most desirable labels. Two years later, he's given responsibility for the advertising image of Dior Perfumes, too, which means more riveting visuals for Dior's newest perfume Addict and for Dune, Dior's celebrated men's fragrance. Reflecting Dior's younger, sexier appeal, Madonna and Nicole Kidman wear Dior, as do Celine Dion, Gwyneth Paltrow, and even funky music mavens like Lauryn Hill -- to whom he dedicated his Spring/Summer 2000 collection -- and Gwen Stefani, who wore a Galliano-for-Dior couture gown for her wedding to musician Gavin Rossedale in 2003. John Galliano's sophisticated combination of audacity, glamour and street style are perfectly matched to the Dior woman of the third millennium.  ALEXANDER MCQUEENAlexander McQueen was born in London on March 17th 1969, the youngest of six children.  ZUHAIR MURAD SUBLIME ARTWORKFIRST STUDIED FASHION DESIGN IN BEIRUT & THEN WENT TO PARIS WHERE HE GOT HIS DEGREE FROM THE CHAMBRE SYNDICALE – PARIS, IN 1993. By Farouk CHEKOUFI  Romano Ricci, “THE CITIZEN KING” of perfumes.A young creator with a prestigious name, Romano Ricci had the chance to be initiated at a young age into the secrets of perfumery by his grandfather  RAMDANE TOUHAMI King of Creation1992: Ramdane is still at college when he creates the “Teuchiland” Tee-shirt, using the Timberland logotype.  A BEAUTY PROGRAMME INSPIRED BY THE VERY SPECIAL PERSONALITY OF LISA SIMONThe name written in beautiful crimson letters crowned by a flower  John Allan, an empathetic and visionary creator.Pioneer of the « grooming attitude » for the American man.  The dynamic world of PACO RABANNEOn the 18th February 1934, in San Sebastian, a town in the Spanish Basque region, a child was born who was to lead a highly eventful life.  With LOVE FROM OTAZUAlways straight from the heart Rodrigo Otazu designs by pure instinct and straight from the heart.  Donatella Versace So coutureBlond hair, tanned complexion, sublime evening dresses, passionate and rich. Everything here seems perfect. But more than just an icon, Donatella Versace remains a very mysterious and complex woman.  CHRISTA……La NEO Parisienne……After being established in Cape Town for some time, LA COMTESSE settled in Paris...  NATHALIE COLIN ROBLIQUE « Couture cristalline »“I feel that it is particularly important that the trademark’s versatility gives different groups of consumers an opportunity... " |
