'FASHION'S BAD BOY' THE UNTOLD JOHN GALLIANO STORY

He’s the last man standing. His unwritten drama is continuously unfolding. He is an artistic perpetual motion machine. His theatrical expressions have never stopped manifesting. For the last three decades his oeuvre is essentially unrivaled. In the mid-80s, he pioneered his eponymous label fusing eccentricity with sophistication focusing intensely on tailoring, pattern construction and art history. Later, he went on to make Dior visceral, elegant and ultra-outlandish.

John Galliano is one of the most celebrated and equally notorious fashion designers of our time. He catapulted onto the french fashion scene with the help of some of the biggest names in the business who saw in him a unique talent. His creativity is unparalleled, drawing on his rich heritage and love of culture. He is a character unto himself, as much as the models open the theatre of his runway, Galliano himself draws the final curtain.

His own physicality and costumes often rivaled that of his couture gowns. Galliano injected fun into the stuffy world of high fashion, exploring opulence as a form of entertainment. His shows were completely immersive and rich with story. Galliano redefined the possibility of a fashion show, moving it beyond the sales room, beyond the industry to a level of public spectacle that would attract the attention of the world.

After moving to Paris, Galliano became the first British designer to lead a French Couture House with his appointment at the House of Givenchy. But it was not long before he was promoted to the head of Christian Dior. Not only was he an outsider, but at just 36 years of age he was considerably young for a role of such magnitude.

It was his youthful and energetic spirit which would redefine the world of fashion and French Haute Couture, with a legacy that would outlast his final and dramatic dismissal from the house. This is a story of Galliano the renegade, whose penchant for rebellion would make him one of the world’s top creative geniuses and the bad boy of fashion.