Patricia Field praises John Galliano
Patricia Field, who created the costumes for Sex and the City and the US remake of Yo soy Betty, la fea, Ugly Betty, has posted a message on her Facebook page, seemingly in defence of John Galliano. Field titled her post, ‘In praise of John Galliano’, and wrote, ‘Beauty, intelligence and energy would describe […]
Christian Dior dismisses John Galliano
Christian Dior, in the wake of creative director John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments on a video released to the Murdoch Press, has launched proceedings to lay him off. The British-born designer has effectively been fired. The company described Galliano’s reference to the Holocaust and his admiration for Adolf Hitler in a drunken rant captured by […]
Natalie Portman issues statement severing ties with John Galliano
Above Actress Natalie Portman, photographed in her Miss Dior Chérie advertisement. Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior Chérie, has issued a statement condemning the anti-Semitic words of John Galliano, creative director of Christian Dior. Portman issued her statement after a video surfaced on a Murdoch Press website, showing a drunk […]
John Galliano to face his accuser on Monday
An alleged assault and anti-Semitic outburst resulted in the arrest of John Galliano on Thursday, and Christian Dior’s suspension of him as its creative director on Friday. The Dior house said it has a zero-tolerance policy on racism, and the fate of the suspension rests on a police investigation. Géraldine Bloch claims that […]
British Fashion Council announces 2009 award winners
The British Fashion Council is delighted to announce Christopher Bailey as the winner of the prestigious Designer of the Year Award. Ten other leading fashion figures were honoured at the 2009 British Fashion Awards, supported by Swarovski, held yesterday evening at the Royal Courts of Justice, London. Hosted by presenter Lauren Laverne, the ceremony […]
Wearing Dior, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wins over English fashion media
The state visit of President Nicolas Sarkozy of France to the United Kingdom has started off on a positive note, if the fashion media there are any indication. First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was dressed in a Christian Dior grey coat (that grey—the one the fashion house itself made famous) with matching beret, accessorized with a black […]
