![]() ![]() Anna Wintour is one of his great admirers, and made a deal for him to do some work for Oscar de la Renta’s fall collection to be shown at New York Fashion Week. After a few years of working toward atonement, sobriety, and personal recovery, he was given a second chance in fashion. After 15 very successful years at Dior, he was suspended and later fired in 2011 for a drunken, anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar. Princess Diana in Dior Gown by Galliano, 1996 Met Gala (photo – E-online) For instance, he made Princess Diana’s gorgeous navy bias-cut slip dress that she wore to the 1996 Met Gala. While Maison Margiela was known for garments that played with angles and exaggerated scale, and used nonconventional materials, John Galliano is most well known for making slinky, liquid-like bias cut gowns at Dior, known as the slip-dress. Then, in 2014, John Galliano was brought in to act as creative director. The brand’s design team carried on, in their usual “anonymous” style, with no creative director for five years. His garments weren’t labeled with the house’s name, he didn’t come out on the runway to be recognized at his shows, he often even covered the models’ faces for his runway shows. Martin Margiela retired in 2009. I’ll sum it up by saying that Martin Margiela made deconstruction and repurposing into a high art form, and one of the things that he (and his house) were known for was a style of unpretentious anonymity. In case you didn’t watch the video, you missed some cool fashion, and also a lot of insight into Maison Margiela. Martin Margiela was a fashion visionary, and a most fascinating person. I could write about him, but the best way to learn about him is to watch “The Artist Is Absent,” a documentary from Alison Chernick. Maison Margiela is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1988 by Belgian designer Martin Margiela. I came to it with an open mind and a curious nose, as I am an admirer of the fashion house and I love the idea of the fragrance (and, did I mention Dominique Ropion?) MAISON MARGIELA AND ITS CREATIVE DIRECTION HISTORY Included in the bag was a sample of Mutiny, so I pulled it out and wore it a few times. (See the “Love Yourself Gift Bag” at ICANGWP Blog). I might not have sought it out right away, but in September I bought a bottle of perfume from Barney’s, and they gave me a spectacular gift bag full of all kinds of beauty samples. Unlike the other fragrances which have Martin Margiela’s unassuming, anonymous style, this fragrance under John Galliano has a blingy bottle, a famous perfumer, and a super-artsy ad campaign full of celebrities and supermodels. so I was a little bit intrigued by this scent. However, I do love Dominique Ropion in so many ways…. (I already had “Lipstick On,” which I blind-bought based on the concept, but I find myself reaching for Malle’s Lipstick Rose or Guerlain’s French Kiss instead). But seeing the loyal following that the “Replica” line has, I bought the full sample set from Sephora this spring, and I didn’t like any of the fragrances enough to add them to my collection. I really need to try “Untitled,” which I’ve never even smelled. The brand’s webpage says, “Mutiny is about our nonconformist, diverse and creative generation.” Mutiny is described as “The fragrance of women who shape their own femininity.”įull disclosure - I haven’t been a fan of the Maison Margiela Fragrance line up to this point. Submissions welcome! View the Wiki for more information on each of these links.Mutiny is a new fragrance from Maison Margiela, created by Dominique Ropion and released in September, 2018. Spam: the repeated self-promotion without interaction = Bad A basic difference of opinion is not a good reason for a downvote.Pull up a chair, sip your Mai Tai, and study the tsantsa-covered ceiling while listening to the sounds of the Hukilau. It all started in 1934 with the first Don the Beachcomber tiki restaurant, and was rejuvenated in the mid-90's with the printing of The Book of Tiki by Sven Kirsten. It's a longing for the time when Pacific islands were still exotic locales that inspired Donn Beach and Trader Vic to create their own versions back home. Tiki culture is a celebration of tropical escapism. ![]()
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