JOHN GALLIANO, how the handbag designer create the brand
JOHN GALLIANO, how the handbag designer create the brand
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Gaiiiano revived Dior sales tripled with him at the helm. Building on the founder’s romantic temperament, he added fantasy. His shows featured a steam train, semi-naked supermodels in barely there in tote and notoriously designs inspired by homeless people sleeping on the quays of the Seine. His post show bow outfits became legendary, ranging from Naplleon Bonaparte to an astronaut.
Known for his creative fashion up box approach, he combines historical references and a flair for shape. This worked for his own line and, from 1996 to 201, for the house of Dior.
His first London shop opened in Covent Garden in the late 1970s and sold quirky design objects along with Ladies Handbags. It is this talent for retail that distinguishes Jenna Lyons, she makes her stores destinations that transcend mere shopping. This aspect has long appealed in Japan, where Jenna Lyon has been successful since the mid-1980s and where she now has more than 300 outlets and concessions.
Lyons’s own handbag style is no doubt a factor in the brand’s success. Her picks on the brand’s website are bookmarked by the savvy J. Crew shopper. She embodies the fashion
Philosophy, missing their pieces with high-fashion labels for that high low look.
J. Crew’s world domination is only just beginning, and Lyons is right at the centre of it.
While recent years have seen John Galliano’s private life overshadow his work, his designs of Ladies Handbag have been at the heart of fashion since the mid-a980s.
By 2008 he was designing 19 collections of handbag a year, but in 2011 he came down to earth with a bump, when he was caught on tape using anti-Semitic language to diners in a café. Sacked from Dior Galliano has since designed Kate Moss’s wedding dress and worked with Oscar de la Renta. His latest role is as consultant to