US EditionJohn Galliano Lends a Couturier’s Touch to Zara’s Archives
John Galliano will redesign Zara’s past garments into new couture-inspired collections released seasonally starting September 2026, marking a two-year creative partnership.
- On March 17, John Galliano signed a two-year creative partnership with Zara, global fashion retailer, to "re-author" its archives with seasonal collections starting in September, Zara and Inditex said.
- Following past collaborations, Zara pursued a strategic shift to align with luxury creatives, growing from conversations between Galliano and Marta Ortega Perez, chair of Inditex.
- Working from the archive, Galliano will remake favorites by creating new toiles and applying a couture process to deconstruct and reconfigure pieces from Zara's warehouse spanning about 50 years.
- Anticipation is building for the first seasonal release as fashion fans and a new generation await the September drop, while collectors note Galliano-era pieces fetched over 100,000 euros earlier this year.
- Galliano's comeback follows his 2011 ouster and rehabilitation; he revived his career at Maison Margiela, staged a celebrated 2024 Artisanal show, and took a two-year hiatus.
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CHRONIQUE. The flagship brand of the Spanish group Inditex announced on Tuesday the signing of a two-year "artistic partnership" with the British designer, 65 years old, who had been ousted from the LVMH group in 2011 after having made anti-Semitic comments.
Artistic director at Christian Dior from 1996 to 2011, the stylist had been thanked by the sewing house after the publication of a video showing him promulgating anti-Semitic insults.
The British designer will develop seasonal collections.
John Galliano is Back With Some Help From Zara
Photograph by Szilveszter MakóJohn Galliano is back, though maybe not in the way you would expect. Two years after stepping down as the creative director of Maison Margiela, the British designer is returning to the industry with help from Zara. He will team up with the Spanish retailer for a two-year creative partnership that will bring his work to the masses. With this deal, Galliano will have access to Zara’s past season archives, which he wil…
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