You Have Got to be Kidding Me!

I can't believe my eyes!! WWD is reporting that John Galliano was just booted from his eponymous label. It was only a matter of time before the anti semitic-mouthed designer was booted from his own label, given that Dior fired him two months ago. This is the end of an era, ladies and gays. I will never again look forward to another Dior presentation or a Galliano spectacle. The amount of love and passion he put into his art will never be forgotten, and can never be surpassed. I hope he can recover so in the near future he can design again. I doubt he will come back to Dior, and no one else will hire him unless some serious ass kissing is done. Either way, unless time passes and wounds heal, putting him on the face of anything would be a terrible idea for a plethora of reasons.  

Still--how can you fire one of the most respected designers of our time? He is so Dior, so haute couture, so avant garde, so ridiculously talented that no one can ever ever replace him at any of the labels he leaves behind. Not even Tisci or Philo can fill his shoes.

Statement

I have to say that I was shocked when I first heard of Galliano's antisemitic rants. I was upset and confused, and since this is probably the biggest scandal to hit the fashion industry since McQueen's death, I wasn't prepared. No one was, and now one of the biggest fashion houses has lost one of the most artistic, creative, and tortured souls in the industry. He is truly a creative genius, but in no way should that distract from the fact that he is an anti-Semite, and Dior was right to release him of his duties as creative director.

Who will take his roll, and who will walk the show after the models are presented is still up in the air. I am excited yet saddened to see his last Dior collection this Friday. I am not even sure the house will show his collection, or if he will show his John Galliano collection on Sunday. All we can do is wait and see what happens, but this is truly tragic.

Will he release an apology statement? With that video of him ranting "I love Hitler," I don't know if anyone will ever respect him again. I hope this was a sick joke, but no one should ever joke about such atrocities. 

The video can be seen here.