John Galliano Quotes & Sayings

Style is wearing an evening dress to McDonald's, wearing heels to play football. It is personality, confidence and seduction. — John Galliano

You only get a short life, so take chances. — John Galliano

But I'm going to be a real good boy and take it day by day and try to concentrate on what's most important to me, and that's offering women a service. — John Galliano

I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want. — John Galliano

There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art. — John Galliano

Everything looks better in the morning. — John Galliano

I've lost, but I also gained a lot. I'm a creative person, and no one can take that away from me. I've been told I committed professional suicide because it was the only escape from the terrible pressures I was facing. What do you think? — John Galliano

I'm passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures ... I've lived with Masai tribe ... I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection. — John Galliano

The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence. — John Galliano

Fashion is above all an art of change. — John Galliano

Be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams — John Galliano

I think people should have fun with fashion, should enjoy wearing beautiful clothes
but also not save everything for the best. Fashion is there to be enjoyed, to be indulged
to wow in. Don't save it for Sunday best only. Get it out of the tissue paper and be sensational every day. — John Galliano

If you want easy, don't pick fashion. — John Galliano

McQueen was daring, original, exciting. He shook up the establishment with his creativity and understood what it takes to be a great British ambassador for fashion. I admired him very much. He was a fashion revolutionary that, like me, made the journey from [Central] Saint Martins to Paris where he put his own unique mark on the industry. He will not be forgotten. — John Galliano

I was never honest. My father died, and I had never said to him, 'I'm gay.' I knew what I was, but I had to pretend not to be that to avoid the beatings. — John Galliano

I'm ready to create. — John Galliano

I listen and talk to God daily. — John Galliano

You shouldn't ask why do you wear a hat? What you really should be asking is why are you not? How can a look be complete without a hat? — John Galliano

Men have got more of a discerning eye. They appreciate cut and details, things that aren't so obvious. They like things that have cachet and gentlemanliness. — John Galliano

I believe in discipline, so I'm not the right person to cry about weakness and things like this, but maybe I'm not human. — John Galliano

In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll. — John Galliano

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure. — John Galliano

What about David Bowie? He's a sexy creature. — John Galliano

I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost. — John Galliano

I have a very haute couture way of working. — John Galliano

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long. — John Galliano

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself. — John Galliano

Sure, I'd like to be like the House of Chanel. — John Galliano

The joy of dressing is an art. — John Galliano

My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body. — John Galliano

I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies. — John Galliano

But I'm not an artist. Maybe an artist with a small a. — John Galliano

Dressing up. People just don't do it anymore. We have to change that. — John Galliano

I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do. — John Galliano

The new Galliano will be even bigger and better ... I love working, it's my therapy. I can draw until four in the morning every night and not feel tired ... I've come face to face with my demons, medicine and alcohol. I have rebuilt myself again. — John Galliano

If I didn't already sense that I was different, I certainly was reminded, whether by my parents or by the other school kids. Not just reminded. Told ... I was made to believe it wasn't right. If I went a little bit too off - slap! It was Dad's upbringing and it was Victorian, and that's the way he was. — John Galliano

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future. — John Galliano

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing. — John Galliano

The print is devised so that I can cut the dresses on the bias, so they work around the body. It's not like a regular print that you buy and ends up being a vertical and a horizontal placement. It works around the body. — John Galliano

I love New York. But the energy is so intense. — John Galliano

Women are women, and hurray for that. — John Galliano

Fashion is a very stressful place to work because of the demands of doing the shows - no one expects a writer to produce two books a year on the dot - but it's also a very toxic place to work. — John Galliano

Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it. — John Galliano