Tuesday, March 1, 2011

TERMINATED!

John Galliano at his Show
Photo From Style.com
  For the last 15 years, John Galliano's vision of beauty and glamor has reigned over the house of Christian Dior. Things change. On Feb. 25 2011, news broke of Galliano's suspension from the role of creative director at Dior due to an altercation that broke out at the Parisian bar "Le Perle", where Galliano reportedly told a woman she was a "jewish whore" and she was "disgusting", which lead to his being taken to the police station and questioned. Later, upon his pressing return charges of slander against the patrons of the bar with which he quarreled, more reports surfaced, including one in which Galliano was caught on tape saying to a woman "he loved Hitler", and her "family should have been f...ing gassed"!
  After seeing the video, Natalie Portman, who is the face of the labels Miss Dior Cherie perfume, said that she was "deeply shocked and disgusted by the video", and that she "will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way", and quickly replaced her Dior Couture gown, for a plum Rodarte at this years Oscar Awards.
  News of John Galliano's termination broke this morning and has many people wondering how the show will take place in his absence. Scheduled for this Friday, the show will go on, just without hi signature rock star final bow.
  LVMH's (the luxury goods conglomerate that owns Dior) decision to fire Galliano comes as no surprise, with them stating "We unequivocally condemn the statements made by John Galliano",last year they had a similar scandal with the heir to the Guerlain cosmetics company. This all begs the question, who will take Galliano's place at the storied house? Stefano Pilati from YSL? Hedi Slimane? He already has history at Dior, designing their menswear for years... Any ideas? Post them in the comments!

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