JOHN GALLIANO DOES NAPOLEON
For his spring summer 2010 menswear collection presented in Paris John Galliano paid homage to another vertically challenged emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
A cast of Napoleonic characters including Napolean himself and his Bonaparte's soldiers in desert military uniforms embellished with Oriental details from their North African campaigns.
Star pieces included a pair of low rise harem shorts covered in disco ball mirrorwork. See more photos in the gallery below.
The inspiration: "Napoleon and his trip to Egypt ... Orientalism, the colors of painters like Delacroix, the 'homme fleur' or mountain guy." Galliano.
