After the arrest, the suspension comes.
It 's a bad time for John Galliano, designer for Dior since 1997, known for being one of the "enfants terribles" of fashion, suspended by the French fashion house after the events in Paris, where the night of Friday, February 25 was arrested
(and then released) for
facing heavy anti-Semitic insults to some customers of a bar in the Marais.
According to preliminary reports, and still confused, Galliano had verbally attacked a couple sitting on the terrace of a cafe in the rue de la Perle.
A murky affair and very embarrassing for LVMH, the group that controls the French brand, and which decided the suspension of Galliano
"until you have clarity on the matter"
with a line of 'zero tolerance anti-Semitic insults or behavior, "as the statement signed by the chief executive of Dior, Sidney Toledano.
As reported by the Paris police, alcohol levels in the blood of Galliano were far above the permitted limit. Furthermore, in France the anti-Semitic statements are a crime, punishable with six months' imprisonment. Finally, the Marais has historical relations with the city's Jewish community, and recently has been installed a memorial with the names of 76 thousand Jews deported from France during the Second World War.
Galliano's lawyer, Stephane Zerbib, said that the designer "formally rejects the accusations of anti-Semitism" and that "now is not to make statements in the state."
Now, the parades signed Galliano - creative director of Dior and his eponymous line - are scheduled in exactly one week in Paris. Yet the story must not be just going down to the patron LVMH, Bernard Arnault, known for his sense of discipline, which had its upright position the eccentricity of Marc Jacobs since the American designer was chosen for the brand Louis Vuitton.
In fact, long been rumors about a possible replacement of Galliano, who regularly, however, is denied.
But perhaps the evening in Paris will confirm once and for all.
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