Designing with history Ever since his French Revolution-inspired graduate collection, entitled Les I
Designing with history Ever since his French Revolution-inspired graduate collection, entitled Les Incroyables, Galliano has exhibited a desire to learn from the detail of period styles and adapt them for a contemporary audience. As contradictory as it might sound, his obsession with the past is what fuels his belief in constantly pushing fashion forward. So far, he has produced shows on the themes of Edwardian elegance, the Red Guards, the ’50s in America, the Surrealist movement, and the late-1990s sci-fi smash The Matrix. His Spring-Summer 1992 ready-to-wear show was a reimagining of the wardrobe of Joséphine, the first wife of Napoleon I. -- source link