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Oscar de la Renta
Designers: Oscar de la Renta and John Galliano

• “The question on guests’ minds as they took their seats was if Galliano, fired from Christian Dior two years ago after an anti-Semitic rant was caught on video, would stay at de la Renta’s house longer. They were left to continue the rumor mill, but for the 15 minutes of show, they were fully engrossed in the show.” [AP]
• “The collection de la Renta presented was classic Oscar—with, perhaps, a few touches reminiscent of Galliano’s Dior.” [The Daily Beast]
• “This was an Oscar de la Renta collection through and through, reinforced and subtly sparked by Galliano’s suggestions and design traits.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “Despite Galliano’s presence ‘in the building’, according to somebody who would know, Tuesday’s show did little to clarify the terms of this working relationship. What it did accomplish was to present some awfully gorgeous clothes.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “With silk gowns in rich jewel tones, pre-Revolutionary Russian embroidery and a theatrical play on ladylike with bright, sheer opera gloves teamed with New Look era tea dresses, De la Renta’s luxe madame definitely had an injection of off-kilter energy.” [Grazia Daily]
• “While the sight of two dynamic hands in one collection was remarkable, this show will also raise more questions than it will answer. Mr. de la Renta has given no indication of his intention to retire, but he has not ruled out asking Mr. Galliano to stay.” [On The Runway/The New York Times]
• “When his PR chief was asked if Galliano had worked on the collection, she demurred, saying, ‘Well, he is backstage.’ There was that, and then there were the clothes themselves. Certain looks seemed very much to bear the Englishman’s hand, especially the opening jackets with their draped necklines and flaring hips; there was something of Dior’s classic Bar silhouette in them.” [Style.com]
• “‘It was,’ said DVF, ‘a beautiful conversation.’ She’s referring, of course, to the dialogue between de la Renta and John Galliano, which has been going on since the latter took studio space in the former’s midtown atelier some time ago. Whatever they fell to talking about was clearly stimulating; this was an elegant collection that fused rigor and romanticism with a flourish and was a powerful reminder of what each designer does so brilliantly, which is to say, cut and construct like nobody’s business.” [Vogue.com]
• “As to how much of a helping or literal hand Galliano may have had with this specific collection no official comment was made, but we couldn’t help but note the silhouettes and drama of the first few looks to have something of that Galliano grandeur about them.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “So what was the plot line? A tale of two designers, it had mystery, suspense, harmony, beauty, optimism–and some truly great clothes.” [WWD]