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Terrible idea or major coup? Galliano’s Zara collection launches after Met controversy
Collaboration regarded as ‘really big thing’ for retailer in some quarters despite backlash around designer’s antisemitic remarks in 2011 A month after it was announced that a planned exhibition dedicated to fashion designer John Galliano at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art would not proceed, his debut collection for fast fashion company Zara has been released. Called Re{form}, it was, according to a press release, “authored by the couturier John Galliano. Built from our memory. Made for now.” Continue reading...
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Collaboration regarded as ‘really big thing’ for retailer in some quarters despite backlash around designer’s antisemitic remarks in 2011 A month after it was announced that a planned exhibition dedicated to fashion designer John Galliano at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art would not proceed, his debut collection for fast fashion company Zara has been released. Called Re{form}, it was, according to a press release, “authored by the couturier John Galliano. Built from our memory. Made for now.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Terrible idea or major coup? Galliano’s Zara collection launches after Met controversy, Collaboration regarded as ‘really big thing’ for retailer in some quarters despite backlash around designer’s antisemitic remarks in 2011 A month after it was announced that a planned exhibition dedicated to fashion designer John Galliano at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art would not proceed, his debut collection for fast fashion company Zara has been released. Called Re{form}, it was, according to a press release, “authored by the couturier John Galliano. Built from our memory. Made for now.” Continue reading…
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