Hi! Just wanted to update you all on the new developments in the Galliano story which I previously blogged about in THIS article.
Well, now Galliano has officially been fired.
I am so glad to hear that the Dior fashion house acted quickly and that so many have come forward to defend Dior's Chief Executive, Sidney Toledano's decision to sack the designer.
Natalie Portman, the always proud Jew and spokesperson for Dior was one of the first public figures to express her disdain for Galliano's behaviour saying: "I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video. In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way."
From a legal standpoint, it is a crime in France to incite racial hatred; the statute has been used in the past to punish anti-Semitic remarks. SOS Racisme, the French advocacy group said that it would support legal proceedings if the accusations were confirmed.
I cannot believe that someone in the public eye like Galliano would make such remarks, knowing how quickly news travels and how making these kinds of statements would affect his career and his life in the fashion scene. We are after all living in an era where videos get uploaded on the Internet faster than they are even created.
The video of a man who appeared to be Galliano being caught in the act of making anti-Semitic remarks has recently surfaced on the Internet and here it is:
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