John Galliano In Conversation With Nick Knight On The Future Of Fashion

John Galliano joins Nick Knight in conversation to discuss creating S.W.A.L.K. , a fashion film cum documentary for Maison Margiela Artisanal A/W 20. Here Galliano describes mourning the fashion show as we know it, and creating a new blueprint for fashion's future with Knight. The frequent collaborators discuss their over two decade long artistic relationship, and how this led to a new imagining of Maison Margiela. Describing fittings with Galliano’s muses, the atmosphere on Knight’s set and illuminating the core values of the house to the world via film, Galliano details a desire for transparency and new beginnings for the Maison. Made in collaboration with SHOWstudio, S.W.A.L.K. opens the doors of the Margiela Atelier like never before via a myriad of film and surveillance techniques such as GoPro’s on the heads of the petite mains and drones flying into the studio. The process documentary features Knight's signature image manipulation and brings in such disparate references as the 80s club scene Blitz Kids, the veiled marble statues of the 1800s, and mysterious happenings in the Margiela Maison. CREDITS Guests: Nick Knight, John Galliano Film Edit: Kit Whalley-Payne Content Edit: Calum Knight Title Design: Nick Merdasi Established in November 2000, SHOWstudio is an award-winning fashion website, founded and directed by Nick Knight, that has defined the manner in which fashion is presented via the Internet. A pioneer of fashion film and live fashion broadcasting, SHOWstu