The home of the former Dior designer Maximalism,
Hopelessly beautiful.
- Lifestyle Aesthetics -
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John Galliano, known in fashion circles as "Pirate Grandpa".
He served as Givenchy's design director and was the former chief designer of Dior, creating one unforgettable visual feast after another for the public with his wild imagination. At his peak, even Princess Diana was a fan of him.
Big coffee also has moments to wash away the lead.
A while ago, Vogue exposed the pirate's country hut in the French town of Gerberoy, which is his refuge and a source of new inspiration.
Gerberoy is a beautiful town with a long history of growing large areas of roses, hollyhocks and cobblestones.
Stone paved paths, old stone houses, the sweet smell of roses in the air... It suddenly feels like you're back in the Middle Ages. "Here, time seems to have stopped, and I feel that the town has a unique soul."
The history-loving pirate has a glimpse of an old 18th-century house that was once a winery.
The house has a beautiful garden, beautiful and secluded, like a sanctuary, and was once the private garden of the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri Le Sidaner.
When the pirate grandfather bought the sanctuary, the house was already crumbling, and it probably took him more than two years to repair and renovate it.
Each tile on the roof is carefully numbered so that it can be restored to its original state after the renovation is completed.
The backyard is a different story, surrounded by a forest that isolates the outside world, with a sense of order in the seemingly chaotic grass, the lawn undulating with the terrain, and a lotus pond in the middle.
The garden is created by the pirate master and the garden designer, and the small central pond is planted with many aquatic plants, and the pirate master likes to play with his dog here.
In the garden, there is a 110-year-old sculpture of Antie, which the pirate said was his best artistic model, and a lot of inspiration came from her.
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Walking indoors is like walking into a private art gallery.
This is the pirate's studio and the birthplace of many design inspirations, the whole room is surrounded by various works of art, plants, paintings, elegant sculptures, confusing lights... It's full of fantasy.
Each room is decorated according to the light and location, and the treasures that the pirates have collected from travels around the world and flea markets over the years have come in handy. He loves the stories behind these objects and substitutes them into his own creations.
The pink living room upstairs is ambiguous and beautiful, but the walls are slightly cold religious paintings. The combination of absurdity and grotesque is the style of the naughty pirate master.
The living room downstairs is painted a retro yellow, a color that can change in the sun and candlelight.
The collage on the wall is unique because the pirate master has cropped it from many paintings and re-stitched them together. The dark green collage is connected to the window, introducing the outdoor scenery indoors and bringing the interior to the outdoors, forming a space where home, art, and nature are connected to each other.
The study, from floor to ceiling, erected a book in the air, is the source of inspiration for the pirate master. Medieval round tables, chairs, tablecloths, with warm blooming flowers... Plunge into a romantic whirlpool of books, art, and flowers.
The house is decorated with plants, photographic paintings and works. The pirate master said that these things are like emotions, and in such an environment, they can stimulate their desire to create.
Curtains from Japanese monasteries add to the mystery of the studio, and there are also some gold ribbons decorated by Chanel ladies.
The blue and white fireplace in the living room is a blue and white tile designed by artist Eloïse d'Argent, and the blue and white pattern of the tiles is collaged with a bit of chineseoiserie.
In the corner of the wall on the other side, a Louis XV chair is surrounded by fine Indian paintings.
The bathroom is also filled with decorations, full of shelves of antique perfume bottles eye-catching.
In this house, the pirate grandfather specially reserved a room, so beautiful that he did not dare to sleep ~ like a princess's room, but also retained the atmosphere of the last century~
The house is full of miniatures of pirates' ideas and artistic inspiration, it does not belong to any style, it is like a dream vortex, beautiful to the point of suffocation.
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The 61-year-old pirate grandfather lives very comfortably here.
The townspeople are hospitable, and soon after the pirates come in, they become friends, and the neighbors actively share information with them about gardening, local food, gossip and entertainment.
The pirate grandfather, who was once full of spirit, has now become kind and kind-eyed.
His own style is also completely different from before, no longer the pirate grandfather with long hair and strange clothes, who will party and show off in the runway.
"Now I only work for the dream of beauty, I don't want to show my face, I just want to create beauty."
From the bustling fashion show semi-hidden, faded away the glitz, but did not fade the talent.
His home is the best proof of this.
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