Out of favour, out of fashion
“It was like a funeral,” said photographer, Mario Testino. Only this funeral didn’t celebrate a life. The house of Dior ensured that the excess typical of the colourful Galliano was nowhere to be seen. The house was determined to end an era under a shadow of darkness.
On Feb 23, 2011, British designer John Galliano was accused of anti-Semitism for insulting a Jewish woman in a Paris café. A few days later, footage of the designer in a crazed rant, declaring that he loved Hitler, was leaked. The former head designer of Christian Dior was seen aggressively shouting at a Jewish woman: “Your mothers, your forefathers would be f**ing gassed and dead.”
