Many are already wondering about the future of the designer who is leaving the famous fashion house, which has a reputation for its indifference.Long excluded from the industry after an anti-Semitic scandal in 2011, the designer took the opportunity to redeem himself by taking the artistic direction of the house of Margiela.
Published on 12/12/2024 12:37
Updated on 12/12/2024 12:37
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British fashion designer John Galliano attends the Vogue Fashion Forces conference at Milk Studios in New York on October 12, 2017. (DIMITRIOS KAMBOURIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Rumors swirled about thier possible departure. John Galliano, the sultry British designer, announced that he was leaving Maison Margiela on Wednesday, december 11, on his Instagram account in a long letter in which he recounts this Margiela adventure that literally brought him back to the life and fashion, he admits. he.
When Renzo Rosso, CEO of the group that owns the house, came to collect it in 2014, everyone thought it was finished. Although he suffered from multiple addictions to alcohol, Valium and sleeping pills, and was convicted of racial and anti-Semitic insults after a drunken brawl with customers in a Paris bar in 2011, Renzo Rosso offered him the chance to redeem himself and get. creative voice.
He took a chance, even though he struggled to forgive himself for a while.The prodigy designer has long been guilty of participating in a stereotype, one that said creativity had to be fueled by alcohol and drugs. As a cliché that is widely rejected by his team, John galliano, who is celebrating his 14 years of sobriety, considers himself happy with this life that he never dreamed of having.
A letter that questions the world of fashion: where will the designer be tomorrow? Some already imagine him replacing designers from other big houses in the luxury industry, such as Chanel, who must soon announce the name of their new artistic director. Everyone wants to know, and when the time comes, all will be revealed.