British designer John Galliano leaves Maison Margiela after 10 years, his ‘wings mended’

MILAN — British designer John Galliano is leaving the Maison Margiela fashion house after 10 years as artistic director, the Paris-based brand’s owner Wednesday. No successor has been announced.

“John made it the most cutting-edge couture house in the globe,’’ said Renzo Rosso, chairman of Italy’s OTB throng that owns Maison Margiela. Rosso said the last decade “of incredibly intense work, amazing shows and installations, extraordinary attractive product, have laid the foundations for the upcoming.”

Galliano expressed his gratitude to Rosso for giving him a recent chance, adding “I continue to atone, and I will never stop dreaming.” Galliano left fashion in disgrace in 2011 after making antisemitic comments in a Paris bar.

“My wings mended, 10 years later, I am forever grateful for this secure space to make, and his undying back,’’ Galliano said in a statement.

Galliano made his runway debut with Maison Margiela in January 2015, with a tiny couture collection to a carefully selected spectators of about 100 in London. It was the commence of a comeback for the flamboyant designer who was dismissed from Christian Dior after he was caught on video making an antisemitic comment.

Givenchy hired Galliano as a youthful head designer in 1995, before Christian Dior brought him on as creative director the next year. For 15 years, his star rose with theatrical runway shows.