This show, coming six months after John Galliano’s controversial Hobo couture collection for Dior, opened with a posh wedding, but it was only nominally about love. Galliano used the runway as a platform to explore sex and fetishism. He also indulged his love of costume; following the bridal party down the catwalk was a cast of characters that included a French maid with a hickey, a bleeding Marie Antoinette, a sadistic priest, a showgirl with a gorilla mask, and a truly scary clown, among plenty of others. This was no ordinary dress-up game, though, as the clothes exhibited the exquisite craftsmanship of Dior’s petites mains.
