John Galliano Fall 2011 Collection: "grandly barbaric and the lushly homoerotic"

John Galliano does it again with his Fall 2011 Menswear collection.  With an ode to Russia he creates dramatic over-the-top peices that are runway ready and yet wearable.  Tim Blanks review of the show writes less than favourable for style.com "Why, then, did it feel less than exuberant? In fact, the whole show had a flat, low-budget feel. That wasn't even induced by something as banal as commerce compromising creativity"