As A fashion student this news plunged me into a deep depression, I absolutely love John's work for Dior and even though what he did was obviously very wrong I still look up to him and applaud all his work. Many people within Stardoll have drawn inspiration from him and will continue to do so, as to me his work is timeless.
For those who do not know, Mr. Galliano was suspended as of last Friday after making racial and anti-Semitic slurs toward a couple who filed a police complaint the day before, his suspension became a firing after recent Oscar winner Natalie Portman (whom is a spokes person for Dior) complained about said comments, saying this of her former colleague and friend “I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano’s comments that surfaced today. 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. I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful”.
The video of his rant can be viewed HERE and the cussing has been bleeped out for our younger readers.
Mr. Galliano has been the creative director of Dior for 15 years and is credited with energising the image and of the company and increasing the worldwide sales of the company, now worth over $10 billion - for me and many others his dismissal from Dior is a huge loss and his work has been much appreciated.
Mr. Galliano released the following statement today;“Since the events of last Thursday evening I have not been able to make any public comment on what took place based upon advice from my French lawyer. However, given the continuing delays at the French Prosecutor's Office I should make my position clear.
I completely deny the claims made against me and have fully co-operated with the police investigation.
A number of independent witnesses have given evidence and have told the police that I was subjected to verbal harassment and an unprovoked assault when an individual tried to hit me with a chair having taken violent exception to my look and my clothing. For these reasons I have commenced proceedings for defamation and the threats made against me.
However, I fully accept that the accusations made against me have greatly shocked and upset people.
I must take responsibility for the circumstances in which I found myself and for allowing myself to be seen to be behaving in the worst possible light.
I only have myself to blame and I know that I must face up to my own failures and that I must work hard to gain people's understanding and compassion. To start this process I am seeking help and all I can hope for in time is to address the personal failure which led to these circumstances and try and earn people's forgiveness.”
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