John Galliano's Fall Collection May Be The Prettiest Thing A Nazi Has Ever Made
LatestUntil last week, John Galliano designed for two high-profile labels: Christian Dior and John Galliano. Now, Galliano is out of a job at Dior, and the future of his namesake label is in serious doubt. That’s the wages of being filmed talking about how awesome Hitler was for gassing people to death, it turns out! Editors in Paris were treated to a very, very scaled-back presentation of John Galliano’s fall collection. The head designer himself was absent — he’s believed to be currently at a rehab center in Arizona.
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Sidney Toledano, who condemned Galliano’s anti-Semitic and racist statements in very strong terms before Friday’s Dior show, did attend the presentation. Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy, Dior’s parent company, also financially backs the John Galliano line; that relationship is expected to end, given Dior fired Galliano. (And also given the fact that, as Suzy Menkes reported last week, the john Galliano brand barely breaks even.) It’s kind of curious that Toledano chose to show up at this particular show — the Times‘ Eric Wilson interpreted, perhaps generously, Toledano’s presence not as any endorsement of Galliano or vote of confidence in the future viability of his brand, but as “a signal of support for the behind-the-scenes staff members of Mr. Galliano’s atelier.” Also in attendance were Vogue‘s André Leon Talley and Grace Coddington.