He was dismissed from his duties at Christian Dior last month after his arrest for assault and making anti-Semitic remarks, but until now, it was unclear what would happen with the designer's eponymous line, 91 percent of which is owned by Dior. The decision was supposedly made at a recent meeting.
The design team at John Galliano, which shares members with Dior's, will be charged with producing collections at a house prized for bias-cut dresses, newspaper prints and retro-tinged tailoring. A pre-spring collection is already said to be in the works.
The label held its ready-to-wear show in March without the designer present. There were only 19 looks and a model, perhaps unwittingly, made a statement with a Jewish star tattoo.
OK, I am going to go on record here and say I am having a HUGE problem with the Galliano label taking so long to take any action in regards to John Galliano and this incident, which by the way was a good month ago. Dior on the other hand responded swiftly, apologetically and in my opinion exactly the way they should have. However, this late of an announcement from the House of Galliano is a FURTHER slap in the face to every Jew living and dead, especially those affected by the Holocaust to which Mr. Galliano's remarks were in reality about. Makes me wonder if the "House" is anti-semitic as well or not or aret hey just cautious? Did they not want to fire him until they could figure out what the heck they were going to do? What exactly took them so long? Am I the only one with a problem with this? Am I making to much out of this? What is the rest of the Jewish thinking--as I Jew I know what I think.
Last weekend, Galliano was spotted at Los Angeles International (LAX) Airport where he was shouted at by a passerby. He is rumored to have completed a one-month stay at rehab in Arizona and is expected to receive a court date in France come May 12.
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