John Galliano is joining forces with Spanish retailer Zara

Designer John Galliano_ who departed Maison Margiela in 2024_ is back_ and this time it will be in partnership with Spanish retailer Zara.

In a short statement_ Zara confirmed it has inked a two-year creative partnership with Galliano_ who will “re-author the brand_s archives through a series of seasonal collections”.

The move will see Galliano working directly with garments from Zara_s past seasons_ “deconstructing and reconfiguring them into new seasonal expressions and creations”.

Zara added: “Guided by a couture process and authorship_ the collections will be released seasonally over the course of the partnership.”

Further details on the collaboration will be “announced in due course_” added the retailer_ with the first collection due in September 2026.

Galliano has had a storied if not controversial career_ most notably serving as creative director of the luxury French fashion house Christian Dior for 15 years_ before being fired in 2011 following racist and anti-Semitic outbursts. Following a period of exile from the fashion industry_ he returned to Maison Margiela_ where he spent a decade from 2014 to 2024 as artistic director_ merging his romantic style with the house's deconstructive_ conceptual DNA.

He is the latest to collaborate with Zara_ the Spanish retailer has previously worked with designers Stefano Pilati_ Anna Sui_ Narciso Rodriguez_ Samuel Ross and Ludovic de Saint Sernin_ as well as supermodel Kate Moss.