John Galliano is arguably the greatest living couturier. His Dior era is considered by many to be the golden age of that house. He created the Saddle bag. He invented the bias-cut slip dress that defined a generation. His newspaper print became one of the most recognisable fashion motifs of the 2000s. Sarah Jessica Parker wore it on Sex and the City and the world shifted. His couture shows were not presentations. They were events. They were the reason people believed fashion could be art. His Dior couture gowns now sell at auction for hundreds of thousands. His work at Margiela doubled the brand’s sales while producing some of the most critically acclaimed fashion of the last decade. And his next chapter is reworking old Zara stock