Galliano turns to the pharoahs to inspire his Dior show

(19 Jan 2004) SHOTLIST(including transcript):-

1. Exterior tent
2. Various Sarah Jessica Parker arrival
3. Various Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale arrival
4. Various Sarah Jessica Parker takes her seat
5. Various backstage
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pat McGrath, Make-up Designer:
"It's all fifties a Egyptian. John took a trip to Egypt and brought back some wonderful things and we were inspired a lot and we're mixing it with complete couture from the fifties, from the 1950s."
7. Various backstage
8. Pre-show film
9. Various catwalk
10. Finale with John Galliano
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Gwen Stefani, Singer:
"It was excellent, spectacular, he's definitely a genius. It's amazing how he does it over and over again.
(Q:Does it make you want ot go to Egypt?)
Yeah it does actually."
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Marisa Berenson, Actress:
"It was so inspired. There are no words to express it, everything sounds so banal. But it was truly one of the most inspired, extraordinary creations I ever seen."
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress:
"I keep using the same words because other words escape me. I think it was just stunning, smashing, just incredible, extraordinary."

GALLIANO RE-SPHINK'S FASHION

John Galliano brought ancient Egypt back from the tombs for his spring haute couture show Monday for Dior - and the result never looked so glitzy or modern.

Dazzled by a recent trip to Egypt, Galliano turned out a mind-boggling collection that would have stunned even Queen Nefertiti.

The burst of talent was a shot into the arm of haute couture as spring shows began.

Galliano's presentations are more about spectacle than clothes, and they aim for dramatic moments.

This parade offered a few wearable articles for the multimillionaire, such as draped chiffon sheaths glittering with crystal embroidery for a gala
entrance to the ball.

There were also gold sheathes to be admired, if somewhat hard to wear. One was topped with foil and huge bows, and another with mirrors and scaly gold fabric in a long basque line.

The show - held in a tent within the grounds of the exclusive Polo Club in the Bois de Boulogne - drew notables including Sarah Jessica Parker of 'Sex
and the City' and glamorous rock chick Gwen Stefani

Galliano's take on the ancients included enormous, billowing or skintight skirts, sometimes looking like Egyptian frescoes.

There were fantastic headdresses based on ancient silhouettes, from fertility goddess Isis to dog-head Anubis to hawk Horus, keeper of wisdom.

Most of all, this was a fabulous fabric show. From the generous skirt in matte gold leaves piled up in clever layers, to the scaly stretch body suit
in shiny turquoise with the Egypt-inspired turquoise and coral bib necklace, it was a rich treat.

The flame and flower dresses were a tour de force, especially the graded pastel organza flower shapes in skirts, or big stoles.

Galliano took his bow looking sleek in a fitted pinstripe suit, and he was clean-shaven and wearing a hoop earring. It was his best show for several seasons.

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