The finale.Photo: Gennadi Avramenko/Epsilon/Getty Images
Today, the John Galliano spring 2012 men’s show walked in Paris without John Galliano, who could not be there since he has been fired. Instead, his friend and right-hand man at the house, Bill Gaytten, headed the design team, and took a bow at the end of the show. And the label’s CEO was right when he said yesterday that the design team would “truly capture the Galliano DNA.” We’ll say they captured it all right — not only was the post-apocalyptic, tailored, pirate look true to the brand, but …
Look at the models!
Bill is on the far right, the rest are models.Photo: Courtesy of John Galliano
Some of them looked just like Galliano, down to the long, flowing hair, mustache, and unbuttoned shirt. Galliano often made his models look like him, so this was a really sweet gesture from Bill and the team.
See the complete spring 2012 John Galliano collection.
