John Galliano got it wrong in discussing his fall collection for Maison Margiela. In the most recent installment of his “Memory of.. .” podcast in which he walks through the inspirations and processes that go into each collection, he closes with a lovely sounding one-liner. “It’s not about the end product. It’s the journey.” Of course, the journey of exploration, discovery and realization are essential, especially for a true creative such as Galliano. But this is fashion, and the end product is clothes. What they look like at the finish line matters a great deal, at least to those interested in commercial viability. Galliano’s were exquisite — powerful and beautifully wrought in the complicated minimalism that he extracted from the head-spinning sensory overload that marked his foray into decadence in his January Artisanal collection. Rather than ruminate on decadent abundance for several seasons, as has been his m.o. with past motifs, Galliano sped the process toward resolution. In the podcast, he talks about the inevitable path of decadence, from overstimulation to decay in a search for the authenticity Millennials seek. Through degeneration, material items can be reduced to their pure core, and that was his approach here. Got that? That’s not all. The
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