John Galliano Spring/Summer 2007 RTW"The Work of Fabergé, As Seen Through the Eyes of Jeff Koons and Roy Lichtenstein"Designer: John Galliano Brand: John Galliano Date: 7th October 2006 Location: Carreau du Temple, Paris Clothes Team: Pat McGrath (makeup), Orlando Pita (hair), Stephen Jones (hats) Runway Team: Bureau BETAK (production), Sébastien Meunier (props), Philippe Cerceau (lights), Videopolis (video), Jeremy Healy (soundtrack), Paul Morris (digital soundtrack) Predecessor: Fall/Winter 2006 RTW "Gothic Americana" Successor: Fall/Winter 2007 RTW "The Family That Eats Together, Stays Together" Galliano had chosen a new venue – a nineteenthcentury indoor vegetable market with slatted shutters as a backdrop and rows of metal-canopied lights illuminating the runway. Anyone expecting fireworks after the restrained Dior "Back to Basics" collection earlier in the week was going to be disappointed. Galliano had tried to reimagine luxurious Fabergé enamels as seen through the eyes of contemporary artist Jeff Koons and pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. The show opened with nicely tailored white suits, dresses and coats with hook-and-eye closures, some with triple-layered pockets at the hips, worn with white crochet platform shoes with ankle ties. Outsized poppies (Koons) and outsized spots (Lichtenstein) were printed or sequined onto the dresses, made into corsages or applied onto Edwardian-style skeletal wire-framed hats by Stephen Jones. Slinky goddess-style dresses in pastel satin and chiffon had asymmetric necklines, some with single twisted satin shoulder straps (à la Vionnet). Twotone cocktail dresses continued the drapery and sequined details, some with metallic skirts painted with bouquets of Edwardian roses (inspired by Fabergé). The finale looks included 40s-inspired gowns with sequined motifs running down one side. WWD, who usually applauded daywear and luxurious cocktail eveningwear, gave it a thumbs down, describing his daywear as “mundane”, the evening gowns “garish”, with embroideries that “looked like metallic stickers from the corner Hallmark store”. Galliano took his bows in black leather flat cap, black shirt with lace inserts, jeans and leather gun holster across his chest, but no bodyguards, for a change. Model list:Blue = Debut for the brand Iekeliene Stange Ekaterina Kashyntseva Johanna Stickland Alison Nix Mariya Markina Daiane Conterato Agyness Deyn Rachel Alexander Kinga Rajzak Irina Lazareanu Michaela Kocianova Ana Mihajlovic Melody Woodin Solange Wilvert May Andersen Anja Rubik Lily Donaldson Patricia Schmid Sasha Gachulincova Vlada Roslyakova Behati Prinsloo Eva Poloniova Natasha Poly Anna Mariya Urazhevskaya Snejana Onopka Marcelina Sowa Hilary Rhoda Cecilia Mendez Denisa Dvorakova Bruna Tenorio Jessica Stam Tatyana Usova Katarina Ivanovska Fabiana Semprebom Coco Rocha Freja Beha Erichsen Sasha Pivovarova Bianca Balti Alana Zimmer Gemma Ward Romina Lanaro Flavia De Oliveira Yevgeniya Kedrova Alexandra Tomlinson Marta Berzkalna Tanya Dziahileva Magdalena Frackowiak Viviane Orth Kim Noorda Milana Keller Kamila Wawrzyniak Soundtrack list:Numb - Jamelia Everytime - Britney Spears From Me to You - Janis Ian This Love - Craig Armstrong ft.. Elizabeth Fraser