John Galliano, creativity personified

One designer that consistently stands out for me every year is John Galliano. A true artist, I look at his bi-annual shows with wide eyes at every season launch.

A video of Galliano’s 2008, Spring RTW collection.

It isn’t just his shows or models that catch my attention, rather that Galliano is himself a character in his shows; a personification of his inspirations and work for that season. Whether it’s playful, colourful, flirty and light or dark, dangerous and edgy, Galliano is all that.

A look at Galliano’s chameleonic looks / personifications from 2006 to 2008.

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The Vietnamese Ao Dai

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My first view of a Vietnamese Ao Dai (the national costume of Vietnam) was when I was still a student at the National University of Singapore (NUS). I believe one of the lady professors at the English Language & Literature department wore an ao dai to work. I watched her move and was mesmerized at how the material flowed around her wrists and ankles. I thought she was a vision of a goddess walking in the glinted shades of the tropical sunlight that filtered through the leaves at a most unromantic spot of the NUS parking lot for cars.
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