British designer John Galliano is leaving the Maison Margiela style home after 10 years as inventive director, the Paris-based model’s proprietor Wednesday. No successor has been introduced.
“John made it essentially the most cutting-edge couture home on this planet,’’ stated Renzo Rosso, chairman of Italy’s OTB Group that owns Maison Margiela. Rosso stated the final decade “of extremely intense work, superb reveals and installations, extraordinary stunning product, have laid the foundations for the longer term.”
Galliano expressed his gratitude to Rosso for giving him a brand new likelihood, including “I proceed to atone, and I’ll by no means cease dreaming.” Galliano left style in shame in 2011 after making antisemitic feedback in a Paris bar.
“My wings mended, 10 years later, I’m without end grateful for this secure house to create, and his timeless assist,’’ Galliano stated in a press release.
Galliano made his runway debut with Maison Margiela in January 2015, with a small couture assortment to a fastidiously chosen viewers of about 100 in London. It was the beginning of a comeback for the flamboyant designer who was dismissed from Christian Dior after he was caught on video making an antisemitic remark.
Givenchy employed Galliano as a younger head designer in 1995, earlier than Christian Dior introduced him on as artistic director the following yr. For 15 years, his star rose with theatrical runway reveals.
