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A Wonder Woman comic strip from the 1950s was pinned to Galliano’s inspiration board for this collection. He saw the superheroine as an early feminist, and he told her story in four chapters.
It opened with repressed post-war women: bookish types in glasses and prim suits, with hints of the freedom to come. Then came the suburban housewife, lost in giant Empire-waist tulle gowns embroidered with scouring pads, teacups and other household objects. It was absurd and very funny, and underneath the jokes the gowns were lovely.
Next, plain Diana Prince became Wonder Woman, as a wild heavy-metal cheerleader in slashed concert clothes, complete with gold corset and her Lasso of Truth. The story ended on Paradise Island, the all-female home of the Amazons, in ragged Grecian dresses, scraps of old fur and dusty Mad Max boots.
No client was going to wear most of this to a gala, and that was never the point. This is couture as a flight of imagination and as entertainment. It is messy and over the top, and it is also Galliano having the time of his life. A cult favourite for good reason.
More Galliano: see every John Galliano couture collection for Dior and John Galliano: The Complete Guide.
Pictures courtesy of Vogue Runway
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