New Delhi: Christian Dior, the luxury goods group that is the main holding company of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is looking at nine possible candidates to replace John Galliano.
Designer Prabal Gurung who had a good outing at the Autumn/Winter collection at the New York Fashion Week this year is said to be a frontrunner.
LVMH's Bernard Arnault has insisted that Dior is in no hurry to name Galliano's successor, but his advisers have reportedly submitted a list of suggested candidates.
According to Women's Wear Daily, the list includes: Riccardo Tisci, Tom Ford, Hedi Slimane, Olivier Theyskens, Nicolas Ghesquiere, Alber Elbaz, Haider Ackermann, Prabal Gurung, and Sarah Burton.
Gurung is showing at the upcoming Audi Fashion Festival on May 14 where he's presenting a line with Atelier Swarovski.
Prabal Gurung launched his first eponymous collection during New York Fashion Week in February 2009 with a presentation at the FLAG Art Foundation in Chelsea. For Fall 2010, he staged his first runway show in the Tents at Bryant Park.
Gurung was born in Singapore and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. It was in New Delhi, India that his design career truly began. While studying at New Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology, he apprenticed at several local production and fashion houses and designed with Manish Arora.
Gurung’s travels took him to Melbourne and London, where he assisted stylists for various fashion shows and international publications. In 1999, after seven years of traveling, Gurung moved to New York City. He began his career in New York interning for Donna Karan while attending Parsons School of Design. In his first year, he was awarded the 'Best Designer' title at the annual Parsons/FIT design competition.
Since the launch of his collection, Gurung has dressed leading ladies including Michelle Obama, Demi Moore, Zoe Saldana and Oprah Winfrey, to name a few.
Dior, one of the biggest brands within luxury goods group LVMH, sacked Galliano earlier this month following publicity over a video of him shouting abuse in a Paris bar and saying he loved Hitler. Dior Chairman and Chief Executive Sidney Toledano said the company was studying possible replacements and the brand's creative development had not been interrupted.
Fashion magazine Elle reported that Dior might not announce Galliano's replacement before the autumn.
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