Margiela creative director John Galliano threw down in his typically “wacky” fashion on the Paris runway Wednesday morning, presenting a vision for Fall that is something like: arty types stationed at a dusty military base who pass the time by knitting and starting a DIY discothéque.
The severe, geometrical haircuts—which brought to mind fashion goddess Michelle Harper—capped a collection that reveled in studied excess and celebrated both arts (those Matisse-inspired earrings and lapels) and crafts (your grandma’s crocheted hand muff). Also, he turned cartoon mice into a type of colorful camouflage and gave an Amelia Earhart aviator jacket a chic cape, for your capers.