Embattled fashion designer John Galliano still can’t explain his awful antisemitic rant 13 years later
nypost.comHigh & Low: John Galliano,” in theaters now,by Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. “When I saw him say this stuff in 2011, I was totally repulsed … That to me was when I started thinking about cancel culture.
It started from the point of view of, I don’t like what you are, but I’m interested to find out who you are, why you would say that and how this came about,” Macdonald, who is a descendant of Holocaust survivors, told The Post. “My way into this was, when you do something terrible, how do you ever get forgiven?” In the video in question, an admittedly drunken Galliano is asked by a woman off camera, “Are you blond, with blue eyes?”“No, but I love Hitler, and people like you would be dead today,” the designer is seen saying. “Your mothers, your forefathers, would be f–king gassed and f–king dead.”Dior, which had employed him to great acclaim since 1996, axed Galliano in February of 2011, days before the house’s runway show.
By September of that year, he was convicted in France of “public insults based on origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity” and issued a suspended fine.After the explosive hate speech, Galliano sought addiction treatment in rehab and met with leaders in the Jewish community.But the fashion world was willing to give him a second chance.
Anna Wintour herself reportedly intervened to land him a design residency at Oscar de la Retna in 2013. But shortly after, Galliano sparked outrage again when he wore a long jacket, hat and curled sidelocks resembling the “peyos” hairstyle worn by Hasidic men to attend de la Renta’s New York Fashion Week show.“He’s trying to embarrass people in the Jewish community and make money on clothes [while] dressed like people he has insulted,” Williamsburg.
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