| "Three and
a half years ago, young Julian Ganio
caused an international publicity ripple
with his degree show from the London
College of Fashion. At Graduate Fashion
Week he sent a collection he had specifically
designed for older, larger men down
the runway, sported by eight ruddy-faced,
pensionable, overweight, grumpy and
bald men. His thinking was “why shouldn’t
they have nice clothes, too?” Fair enough.
A bit street, a bit preppy, in nice
colours, plaids and stripes, but nothing
too overly styled, the clothes took
into account both the ages and weights
of the men wearing them. It was designed
with the rarest of fashion attributes:
affection " |
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