Gallianofail
By now a lot of you have heard that John Galliano, enfante terrible of Christan Dior, was filmed committing an anti-Semitic outburst a few days ago in a Paris bistro.
Some people are defending his actions, namely fellow designers, models, fashion editors, stylists, editors in chief of glossy couture magazines, photographers, etc.
I don't care how drunk you are. This obviously comes from his heart:
He's telling the couple that filmed him in a Paris restaurant that he "loves Hitler" and tallks about how their ancestors should/would have been gassed during WWII. People in turn are accusing the couple of provoking him into the outburst to which I say scratch deep enough and look what bubbles up from the id: how you really feel about Jews, blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, etc.
What sickens me is the swell of support from the world of couture for Galliano. It's so nakedly anti-Semitic that I feel like retching when I read it.
After giving the typical "I'm going into rehab" speech to the press (is there rehab for racism? Are there rehab centers in Monte Carlo or something for stone cold racism?), Galliano is laying low.
There's a fashion blog on LJ run by wendylady2. She posits that she's a middle class white British woman and that she doesn't want to rush to judge Galliano and wants to present a fair and balanced piece on what he said and did. She goes on to show and review his Spring collection in the same post.
What kind of message does that send? That fashion is just as important as racism?
I call bullshit. I'm so mad that I've been seeing through a red haze for days now. The outpouring of support for Galliano is worse than Polanskifail.
Alcohol is no excuse for being a stone cold racist ass.
Some people are defending his actions, namely fellow designers, models, fashion editors, stylists, editors in chief of glossy couture magazines, photographers, etc.
I don't care how drunk you are. This obviously comes from his heart:
Click to viewHe's telling the couple that filmed him in a Paris restaurant that he "loves Hitler" and tallks about how their ancestors should/would have been gassed during WWII. People in turn are accusing the couple of provoking him into the outburst to which I say scratch deep enough and look what bubbles up from the id: how you really feel about Jews, blacks, Latinos, Native Americans, Asians, etc.
What sickens me is the swell of support from the world of couture for Galliano. It's so nakedly anti-Semitic that I feel like retching when I read it.
After giving the typical "I'm going into rehab" speech to the press (is there rehab for racism? Are there rehab centers in Monte Carlo or something for stone cold racism?), Galliano is laying low.
There's a fashion blog on LJ run by wendylady2. She posits that she's a middle class white British woman and that she doesn't want to rush to judge Galliano and wants to present a fair and balanced piece on what he said and did. She goes on to show and review his Spring collection in the same post.
What kind of message does that send? That fashion is just as important as racism?
I call bullshit. I'm so mad that I've been seeing through a red haze for days now. The outpouring of support for Galliano is worse than Polanskifail.
Alcohol is no excuse for being a stone cold racist ass.