Designer John Galliano

John Galliano, the celebrated designer and creative director of Christian Dior, is more accustomed to designing haute couture gowns for the likes of Gwen Stefani, Dita Von Teese, and Sharon Stone. But this Christmas, for the first time, he has turned his talents to creating a designer label Christmas tree - certainly one of the first-ever to come complete with a 'leopard'.  

What to do when €35,000 (£31,670) dresses just aren't getting your industry enough attention? Adding some mind-blowingly expensive jewels into the mix could be one solution. Diversification from hand-stitched clothing into jewellery is the latest scheme designed to save haute couture fashion.The 140-year-old Chambre Syndicale, French fashion's governing body, has invited seven major jewellers – including Boucheron, Cartier, Chanel Joaillerie...  

Last night I jetted off to Neiman Marcus for a private gathering for the School of Human Ecology at the University of Texas and Neiman Marcus’ tribute to the late Austinite Inez Cline Hodson’s haute couture collection. Austinite Gwen Hodson Bruner, Hodson’s daughter, was in the mix. As we told you earlier this week, you can see selections from the collection at Neiman Marcus (3400 Palm Way Drive 719-1200) through Dec. 12. Hodson, who moved...  

(TrendHunter.com) ‘Meiselpic’ in Vogue Italia is famed fashion photographer Steven Meisel’s ode to Twitter. The very long editorial, which stars an epic cast (a who’s who of the modeling industry), concentrates on each…  

There�s no time like Christmas for a little togetherness, and this season two of Britain�s best loved institutions - namely Mayfair�s Claridge�s hotel and the impossibly talented Creative Director of Dior, John Galliano - have joined forces to sprinkle a little eccentric festive sparkle upon the capital. Unveiled today, the Claridge's tree may have taken residence a…  

Yesterday, Claridge's unveiled the Dior Christmas tree that John Galliano designed for their lobby. Designer Henry Holland attended the fancy party for the tree (nothing can happen in fashion without a party) and tweeted, "Dior party in a private room and there is more dead animals in here than people." Looking nothing like a typical Christmas tree, the practically limbless shrub is twenty-feet high and not actually a shrub at all, but...  

Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined euro1.7 million ($2.5 million) by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands like Christian Dior, Guerlain, Givenchy and Kenzo _ all of which are owned by luxury group LVMH. The... Christian Dior - EBay - Givenchy - LVMH - Shopping  

We love this: John Galliano is embracing the festive spirit by designing a Christmas tree for Claridge’s. Next month, a Galliano for Dior Christmas tree will unveiled at London’s grand Claridge’s hotel – but this is no traditional tree, let us assure you. Unsurprisingly, the designer has forgotten festive tradition and created a Christmas tropical tree in [...]  

Entertainer Madonna’s one pair of designer shoes reportedly fetched about $16,600 for Roma children at a Romania charity auction. Madonna donated one of her favorite specially made pair of autographed designer skyscraper gold heels Christian Dior shoes to a charity supporting education of Roma children, which was auctioned off at the fifth annual Ovidiu Rom Halloween Charity Ball held in Bucharest (Romania).  

CHARLOTTE, N.C.  − Impressive works of wearable art will be on display in the special exhibition The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947-2007, on view at the Mint Museum of Art . This exhibition presents selections from the Museum’s extensive holdings of haute couture and luxury garments that reflect 60 years of creativity by top European and American fashion designers. The Art of Affluence will run through 2010.  

A small graphic homage to Miu Miu Spring 2010 from Sea of Shoes, a Dallas girl with a weakness for a good shoe. She is one of the new crop of celebrity fashion bloggers – so much so that Vogue is sending her to the Crillon Ball in Paris this month in Chanel Haute Couture. [...] Related posts:Paris Haute Couture Fall -Winter 2009/2010 Paris Haute Couture time again – have a look...Alexandre Herchovitch- the boy from Brazil ( Spring/Summer...  

Vancouver Fashion Week in Canada will kick off on 3-November-2009. This is an exciting event for the fashion industry in general and especially the Canadian operations. This year the Canadian fashion venue is going international and that is how the fashion industry is surviving in the downturned economy. It is a bonding of like businesses confronted with a customer base that has been reducing the amount of money spent on expensive fashions.The...  

Christian Dior is a name synonymous with fashionistas, and this time round the luxury brand will be offering their second generation cellpone which will hit the market in time for the holiday season this year. The new models will be gold plated while featuring black PVD coats that are encrusted with sapphire crystals. You can't just buy these off the shelf as they will need to be available on special order only. The Zelie will come with a red...  

We can soon expect to see some new cool, luxury phones from Christian Dior after the company announced that it plans to unveil their second generation collection of bejeweled phones. This line of phones includes phones that are gold and black PVD coated with sapphire crystals. These will cost $6,500. A couple of new models called Zelie ($7,900) and Zenaide ($13,400) will be available in red and white respectively. Both of these will be...  

On Saturday, a gaggle of 11-year-olds gathered in the Samantha Thavasa store on Madison Avenue for a tea party sponsored by Christian Dior Beauty to raise money for New Yorkers for Children. Host Tinsley Mortimer, Samantha Thavasa designer, socialite, and Dior beauty ambassador (she has her own shade of lip gloss), said every 11-year-old wants to wear makeup. Although Tinsley's effortless nighttime look takes fourteen products, including...