Every season there is one and ONLY ONE MENS' show that LA*SURFPUNK awaits anxiously to revel, gasp, ponder, and imbibe in and that is John Galliano's MENSWEAR.
We love John Galliano!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lucky enough for us, the Saks on Wilshire carries some of his line.
For S/S 09, Galliano delivered in his pure, truest form.
When you look at Galliano's entire line you see the PUNK and ANARCHY themes that run from beginning to end. But, this season he gave us new iconic images to be inspired by with lots of neon,pop colors and whimsical embellishments on sleeves and pant legs. It was a collection that always bombards you with so much that you have take a moment and make a numbered list of what his muses were.
We saw influences that included manga boys from Osaka, Pearly Kings from London's East End, and fearsome Gurkha warriors, Jack-the -Ripper and Quentin Crisp.
His Quentin Crisps icons reminded me of Lucille Ball too.
What we got for S/S 09 were really some wearable pieces.
We love his newsprint shirts and pants and underlings--they are iconic and timeless--if you can, always invest in these pieces ...they will last for years!!!!
Brown leather jackets with Nehru collars were fresh.
Punk rock plaids and madrases were enthusiastically made into messenger bags, skirts, jackets and pants.
We LOVED the tailor/fitted jackets in blue satin with white piping. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this jacket...it will be our key piece to buy for Spring 09.
We loved his polo and t-shirts with the iconic transfers---soooooooo GALLIANO!!!
We'll order one of each.......
A pinstriped duster and croc-stamped biker jacket were some beautiful additions.
We especially loved Galliano's underwear license--pajama pants, briefs with bananas, gold bikinis, boxing ring shorts with the iconic "G," natch!!!!!
We loved the gothy gestures on the faces--spider-webbed chins and cheeks..kudos to Pat McGrath and Julien d'Ys.
Milliner Stephen Jones created some great headwear, i.e. our favorite: the pirate sword.
Ohh--John--you do this to us every season...we are going to have to skip some rent payments and dinners out to place trunk show orders!!!!!!
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