Topic: John Galliano

Dior in talks with Simons to replace Galliano: report

PARIS (Reuters) - Dior, the French fashion house part of the LVMH group, is in talks with Belgian designer Raf Simons to become the brand's chief designer, Women's Wear Daily reported on Tuesday.Dior has been without a lead designer since March after ...

Dior plays it safe with post-Galliano spring look

Cloche hats and tweedy black and white prints by day, sensual organza at night, Christian Dior, the world's most talked-about fashion house since the fall of John Galliano, played it safe Friday in Paris.Backstage, Dior Couture's chief executive Sidney Toledano quashed speculation ...

Galliano succession talk drowns out drab Dior show

PARIS (Reuters) - Dior remained tight-lipped on Friday about the search to replace John Galliano despite the growing clamor of critics who dismissed the French fashion label's second show since it fired its chief designer as a programmatic repeat of past styles.Dior ...

Paris fashion week strutting under cloudy economy

PARIS (Reuters) - Paris Fashion Week kicked off on Tuesday under a cloud of economic pessimism mixed with uncertainty about the creative direction of some of the world's biggest fashion brands including Dior, Louis Vuitton, Celine and Yves Saint Laurent.After New York, ...

Galliano gets 6,000 euro fine for anti-Semitic outburst

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court handed out a 6,000 euro ($8,421) suspended fine to John Galliano on Thursday after finding him guilty of anti-Semitic behavior, marking the end in a fall from grace for the former head designer of fashion house ...

Marc Jacobs may become Dior creative head: report

NEW YORK/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. designer Marc Jacobs is in talks with LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton to replace John Galliano as the creative director of its Christian Dior fashion house, according to a report in Women's Wear Daily.Jacobs, who is currently ...

Galliano: Kate Moss wedding dress was 'rehab'

John Galliano, the flamboyant fashion designer who fell from grace after an anti-Semitic outburst in Paris, has said making supermodel Kate Moss' wedding gown this summer was his "creative rehab."Galliano, long a favorite of arguably the most sought-after model in the world, ...

Post-Galliano Dior embraces eclecticism

Christian Dior, taking its time finding a successor to John Galliano, firmly distanced itself from the disgraced British designer Monday with an eclectic collection at the Paris haute couture shows.Four months after firing Galliano over alleged racist slurs, Dior tasked his longtime ...

Galliano absence felt at Dior haute couture show

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Music blared and colors blazed at Christian Dior's autumn/winter haute couture show on Monday, but fashionistas said the collection sorely missed former designer John Galliano's direction.The Parisian house known for untouchably chic and bold designs has yet to ...

New legal headache for Galliano as lawyer sues

Shamed fashion designer John Galliano faced a new legal headache on Monday after his former lawyer lodged lawsuits against him alleging defamation and slander.The British couturier was sacked as French fashion house Dior's creative director in February after being caught on film ...
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