John Galliano up a teaching post at Parsons The New School for Design. On 12 June 2013, John Galliano's first filmed interview since his dismissal from Christian Dior was broadcast on United States television. He closed this conversation by stating, "I am able to create. I am ready to create... [and] I hope through my atonement I'll be given a second chance." On 6 October 2014, the OTB Group announced that John Galliano had joined Maison Margiela to take the responsibility of the creative direction of the house, marking the designer's return to a leading role in designing luxury fashion. Just a
John Flett (fashion designer) at New York and Paris fashion weeks. Menswear was introduced to his range in 1986 and in 1987 he added a diffusion (lower-priced) line. By 1988, John Flett designs were available worldwide in 70 stores. "The Guardian" described Flett's brand signature as distinctively different for the times: "Along with John Galliano, who was a "[sic]" schoolfriend, he pioneered a new type of bias-cutting technique which imbued garments with a special fluidity and grace". Kevin Almond has said: "much of Flett's skill was in his cutting, intricate and inventive, with which he developed clothes that seemed to cling to the body.