John Galliano
Paris Fashion Week Prêt-à-Porter Spring/Summer 2008 Schedule
The spring/summer 2008 prêt-à-porter collections are showing at Paris Fashion Week from September 29 to October 7, 2007! Here is the schedule of the shows: Saturday September 29 15h30 IMPASSE DE LA DEFENSE Grand Hall de la Gare de Lyon – Terrasse de l’Express Bleu – Paris 12e 17h30 FATIMA LOPES Studio Gabriel – 9 [...]
AP Report: Paris Fashion Week Kicks Off With No Plans to Ban Skinny Models
The Paris Fashion Week ready-to-wear shows kicked off on Sunday with the French fashion industry’s leading official saying he did not believe organizers should ban the use of models considered underweight. Didier Grumbach, head of the Chambre Syndicale — the body that governs French fashion — said that he did not plan to follow in [...]
John Galliano Biography: Fashion Designer Biography
John Galliano is the subject of our first featured fashion designer biography. The British fashion designer was born in Gibraltar in 1960. His family moved to London when he was a child. Galliano later attended the prestigious Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design, graduating in 1984 with with famed Les Incroyables (The Incredibles) [...]
Fashion Designers at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week
Fashion Designers offer red-carpet glamour in Paris Haute Couture runway shows John Galliano said he had been inspired by a recent late-night viewing of French director Marcel Carne’s 1942 film “Les Visiteurs du Soir” (“The Devil’s Envoys”), a fantasy tale set in the 15th century. “Seen through the eyes of someone from a different culture, [...]