Over the weekend a shocking bit of news rocked the fashion industry, and surprisingly enough, it didn't have anything to do with the ongoing Milan Fashion Week. John Galliano, the uber-talented designer of the House of Dior, was arrested in Paris for allegedly shouting anti-semitic insults at a couple in a bar on Thursday night. However, on doing some digging online, I found out that that may not have even been the case. A Vogue online article carries the story of an onlooker they had interviewed- "We had a table at La Perle and John Galliano sat next to us," our eyewitness told them. "He spoke to a couple at a nearby table to say 'Cheers' and they insulted him. An argument started and the police came, so Galliano's bodyguard suggested that they should go to the police station to sort it out. He wasn't 'busted' aggressively by police, it was very quiet and peaceful. I definitely didn't hear him say anything anti-Semitic, or against any religion, it was all very calm." Galliano was also released from police custody soon after.
The truly shocking news came the next day when Dior decided to suspend Galliano from his post as head designer owing to their stand on "zero-tolerance" towards anti-Semetism and Racism.
Following the news all weekend, I found Dior's decision very alarming for more than a few reasons. Galliano's case of him being detained by the cops for a few hours (if that indeed is what happened) was hardly news-worthy till Dior decided to take a stand on it. If it's bad publicity they were going for, they are going to get much more publicity with their actions following the suspension that they were before. If they were aiming to appear to be a good corporate citizen and change any bad publicity into good, their reaction has also backfired on that front, with people questioning their motives and their speed to prove him guilty before the cops even had a chance to further investigate the incident.
Even the Satrorialist, the most popular fashion blogger in the world, carried an article where he says,
"So, I understand and agree with the Dior zero-tolerence policy regarding race and religion, but isn't suspending someone based solely on allegation a little hasty? I thought that, even in Paris, you're considered innocent till proven guilty." Apparently not. What will come of Galliano after all of this has blown over still waits to be seen.
The truly shocking news came the next day when Dior decided to suspend Galliano from his post as head designer owing to their stand on "zero-tolerance" towards anti-Semetism and Racism.
Following the news all weekend, I found Dior's decision very alarming for more than a few reasons. Galliano's case of him being detained by the cops for a few hours (if that indeed is what happened) was hardly news-worthy till Dior decided to take a stand on it. If it's bad publicity they were going for, they are going to get much more publicity with their actions following the suspension that they were before. If they were aiming to appear to be a good corporate citizen and change any bad publicity into good, their reaction has also backfired on that front, with people questioning their motives and their speed to prove him guilty before the cops even had a chance to further investigate the incident.
Even the Satrorialist, the most popular fashion blogger in the world, carried an article where he says,
"So, I understand and agree with the Dior zero-tolerence policy regarding race and religion, but isn't suspending someone based solely on allegation a little hasty? I thought that, even in Paris, you're considered innocent till proven guilty." Apparently not. What will come of Galliano after all of this has blown over still waits to be seen.
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