First off let me start by saying Dior is NOTHING without John Galliano and once this whole issue is resolved I believe Galliano should throw up the deuces to the fashion house and take his talents elsewhere. But, let me rewind; Galliano has been suspended from Christian Dior and has been asked to stay away from work pending the outcome of a police investigation. The 'incident' in question is surrounding an altercation that happened on Thursday at a fashion bar "La Perle" in Paris near the "Le Marais" district where the designer lives. Galliano has been accused of using racial and anti-Semetic language during an argument with a couple at the bar. Well, sleek-mag.com just so happen to have witnesses who were present for the whole altercation and have since released their version of what really happened.
As the witnesses report, Galliano was drunk and was trying to strike up friendly conversation with other people in the bar and apparently the couple seated next to him were unaware that he is the most brilliant mind in fashion and mistook him for a bum-aka they were dumbass know nothings-and at one point Galliano raised his glass and shouted, "cheers everybody!", to which the lady responded,"You're ugly, you're disgusting, move away from here!" Well, Galliano, after cheersing with the other bar guests turned to the woman and said, "You're ugly and your fucking bag is ugly too!"
Because, let's be honest that is far more insulting, the boyfriend of the girl got up and charged Galliano but his body guard stopped the man and words continued to be exchanged between the couple and Galliano, until the duo called police. At one point Galliano did call the man "Asian" which apparently is some kind of racist statement in France.
In a statement the chief executive of Dior, Sidney Toledano stated, "Christian Dior has an unequivocal zero-tolerance policy regarding anti-Semitism and racism."
The Dior show is March 4, and if Galliano is barred from attending that will be complete and utter bullshit. As far as the anti-Semetic statements there is no word as to what was supposedly said other than the racial Asian comment.
*UPDATE*
So, the original report was undoubtedly biased in favor of Galliano and now that video of the incident has surfaced I chose to update the post with the new deets. Just watch the video and you'll see what happened. At a bar in Paris, a drunk Galliano made racist and anti-Semetic remarks to other patrons of the bar. Saying, "I love Hitler." and that if Hitler was still around the other patrons (Jews) would all be dead and gassed.
Clearly this is crazy behavior for a brand ambassador like Galliano and he's obviously going to be fired from Dior. Which is a shame because I still hold by my opinion that Dior is nothing without Galliano.
Hmm, a sad, sad day in fashion.
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