{"id":15265,"date":"2011-03-28T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T10:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/?p=15265"},"modified":"2011-03-28T12:36:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T10:36:58","slug":"john-galliano-off-with-his-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/john-galliano-off-with-his-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"John Galliano Off With His Crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15267  alignleft\" title=\"John-Galliano\" src=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/John-Galliano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"305\" \/><\/div>\n<p>If someone were to tell me I would be replacing John Galliano as the  head designer for DIOR, I would not jump on the opportunity. I am once  again shown the dangerous game of being on top of that mountain. You  may be alone perched on the tip with hungry wolves just below waiting  patiently for a chance to jump in.\u00a0 Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein,  Alexander McQueen and now the fashion sweetheart, John Galliano, are  just a few who lost their crowns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have been poking with a stick this fame and fortune subject for  awhile. Why do we hold this insatiable desire to be branded by labels  and recognized?\u00a0 Consumers want it and designers want to become it.\u00a0  Back in November 2009, I wrote about it for Benjamin Kanarek&#8217;s blog<strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/2009\/11\/18\/were-addicted-to-brands\/\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>)<\/strong> and  have not stopped thinking about it ever since. It is crystal clear to me that I no  longer want to chase the carrot of fame and fortune.\u00a0 Instead, the  pursuit of earning a living doing what I love, is my calling. Mind you,  this does not eliminate the eventuality of working with the big dogs, it  just releases the pressure of having to.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-1rsNujjKfEk\/TYTt4eGvfZI\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/P97g935BRuU\/s1600\/pour-remplacer-le-rituel-toujours-tres-scenarise-durant-lequel-john-galliano-venait-saluer-la-fin-du.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-1rsNujjKfEk\/TYTt4eGvfZI\/AAAAAAAAAG4\/P97g935BRuU\/s320\/pour-remplacer-le-rituel-toujours-tres-scenarise-durant-lequel-john-galliano-venait-saluer-la-fin-du.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John  Galliano followed the footsteps of so many other celebrities before  him. \u00a0How he held this irrational and insurmountable pressure of  producing the success of DIOR for so long is a defeat in itself.\u00a0 It may  have been his curse in the long run, it would have been mine. I know I  would have lost the joy of designing, period. His fame and fortune was  also his ball and chain. His adoring and devoted fashion harem left  him as quickly as they had adopted him and this is a painful reality. The superficiality of fashion and his celebrity status hits home to me. No  celebrity is banned from losing their place in their profession. Britney Spears, Tiger Woods and Charlie Sheen are just three among many  who have had tainted their spotlight.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pzv6oY98jpo\/TZBS5hAulUI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/ZmNhv0iq6QE\/s1600\/images.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pzv6oY98jpo\/TZBS5hAulUI\/AAAAAAAAAHs\/ZmNhv0iq6QE\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-TlxS4Is23Eo\/TYTxDyUgQ4I\/AAAAAAAAAG8\/JBbYd2V33to\/s1600\/tiger-woods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-TlxS4Is23Eo\/TYTxDyUgQ4I\/AAAAAAAAAG8\/JBbYd2V33to\/s320\/tiger-woods.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>and last but not least my Fave&#8230; Charlie Sheen<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-hyUq4d0Fcgg\/TYTxFdz8HeI\/AAAAAAAAAHA\/-c-HRWqvhcg\/s1600\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0147e2336c85970b-300wi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-hyUq4d0Fcgg\/TYTxFdz8HeI\/AAAAAAAAAHA\/-c-HRWqvhcg\/s320\/6a00d8341c630a53ef0147e2336c85970b-300wi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">What a f-cking fickle world we live in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If someone were to tell me I would be replacing John Galliano as the head designer for DIOR, I would not jump on the opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[19],"tags":[31,142,143,70,16,11,30,144,101],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paG8MM-3Yd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14439,"url":"https:\/\/thebkmag.com\/rebuild\/fashion-luxury-industry\/haider-ackermanns-ascension-to-christian-dior\/","url_meta":{"origin":15265,"position":0},"title":"Haider Ackermann&#039;s ascension to&#8230; Christian Dior?","author":"Benjamin Kanarek","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Haider Ackermann is one of my favorite new designers when it comes to womens' clothing. 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