Good, please honor a much better person instead

Disappointed that it has come to this.

I hope this doesn't discourage him from creating more magic in the future.

Idk what Anna Wintour was smoking if she thought she could do a Galliano exhibit without backlash

These old execs and CEOs really live in a bubble.

Disappointed because he's very talented but it's his own actions so….. it is what it is

not defending him or anyone in fashion but they are all HORRIBLE HORRIBLE

so why make a difference with him

I remember even at the time (or around the time it was happening) hearing about his "cancellation" and ouster from Dior for some pretty flagrant and just straight up antisemetic remarks

for reference , this is what he said according to his wiki page:

Circa December 2010, a drunken Galliano said to a couple in Paris bar La Perle: "I love Hitler. ... People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be f*cking gassed".

That's pretty revolting stuff no matter how you slice it, and while I believe in rehabilitation and redemption for people it's the kind of comment where if someone wants to hate you forever for uttering something like that I kinda can't blame them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

People are allowed to have complex legacies tho. Whether or not he should have been honored via the Met Gala is a couple of echelons above my pay grade in terms of decision making ….. I do just find the timing of it curious. Especially post 2023 it's a very politically charged time regarding explicit hatred for Jews as well as the concept of Zionism being used as a cudgel to excuse mass murder/genocide. So like what did the decision makers of the Met Gala think was gonna happen deciding to honor someone who has such a sordid history relative to the times we currently live in and operate under ?? Seems to me like this prolly could have been avoided

The significance of Met exhibitions lies not in presenting fashion history as morally immaculate, but in examining the figures whose work has fundamentally shaped it.

John Galliano's past conduct should neither be forgotten nor excused, but it shouldn't erase the extraordinary influence of his imagination, craftsmanship, theatricality, and narrative approach to fashion.

His legacy remains deeply embedded in contemporary design, making his work worthy of serious historical and artistic study. Museums are not institutions of moral canonization, but spaces for preservation and critical reflection; in Galliano's case, his public apologies and years of reckoning with his actions add another layer to that conversation.

What a shame, his designs were pure art and he is artistic genius

What a shame hes the way he is cause the stuff he did for Dior is truly works of ART. Ugh.

58 minutes ago, tambora said:

not defending him or anyone in fashion but they are all HORRIBLE HORRIBLE

so why make a difference with him

honestly this

You'd think with the Bezos of it all they'd abandon the façade of morality, but maybe someone willing to donate complained.

So they are changing the theme or he is simply avoiding the event? I assumed the latter but surely the criticism is regarding the former?

46 minutes ago, GGD said:

The significance of Met exhibitions lies not in presenting fashion history as morally immaculate, but in examining the figures whose work has fundamentally shaped it.

John Galliano's past conduct should neither be forgotten nor excused, but it shouldn't erase the extraordinary influence of his imagination, craftsmanship, theatricality, and narrative approach to fashion.

His legacy remains deeply embedded in contemporary design, making his work worthy of serious historical and artistic study. Museums are not institutions of moral canonization, but spaces for preservation and critical reflection; in Galliano's case, his public apologies and years of reckoning with his actions add another layer to that conversation.

I agree with your point and I think that museums are a curated space that should aim to lead visitors to ask questions and confront their perspectives, but a MET Gala red carpet is not such place: it would be a night of celebrities singing praises to a man with a deplorable past who is still thriving in his industry, and whose past would surely not be brought up at all in those 30-second interviews designed to get a vanilla sound bite and social media engagement. Calling off that circus was the only reasonable option if the organizers wanted to avoid some very, very negative press.

He said some **** who cares he didnt kill a person.... Over sensitive stuff

Deserved - they can honour his legacy once he's dead and not around to profit off it anymore

9 minutes ago, LittleStarmen said:

He said some **** who cares he didnt kill a person.... Over sensitive stuff

Uh huh..

During his criminal trial, prosecutors presented evidence that Galliano had subjected a friend of museum curator Geraldine Bloch-an individual of South Asian origin-to a racist verbal tirade lasting roughly 45 minutes.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/sep/08/john-galliano-trial-verdict-imminent

Really upsetting considering there isn't a single other living designer who deserves this more than he did. He is genuinely more talented and creative than 99.99999999% of the industry. He said horrible and revolting things 15 years or more ago, and has deeply apologized since. I do believe he is a completely different person today. I respect that he is dropping out and making it his decision, but I hope people saying "someone better deserves it" understand that there is no currently living designer who deserves it more. Now, we're going to get some boring and generic theme that most of the guests won't even bother to follow because it's too boring or incredibly niche.

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This is depressing, and clearly a move by the Met. The controversy around the exhibition would have made for the best Gala in years

the fashion industry picking and choosing when they want to play woke will never not be laughable

the fact that they thought they could do it, doubled down, only to fall flat. It's what they deserve lmfao

They can dedicate the gala to Blazy instead.

Ok, but the main question is: will Stella Lefty be attending? The Lefties are waiting

3 hours ago, Breakthru said:

I agree with your point and I think that museums are a curated space that should aim to lead visitors to ask questions and confront their perspectives, but a MET Gala red carpet is not such place: it would be a night of celebrities singing praises to a man with a deplorable past who is still thriving in his industry, and whose past would surely not be brought up at all in those 30-second interviews designed to get a vanilla sound bite and social media engagement. Calling off that circus was the only reasonable option if the organizers wanted to avoid some very, very negative press.

"With a deplorable past" are you referring to the very short amount of time during which John said deplorable things, and ignoring the DECADES of his career where he said nothing? John fully deserves praise for his contributions to fashion, more than what could even be said in one night at the MET. Why would anyone bring up something he said 15 years ago when there is 30+ years of work to speak about instead? What "negative" press would they be avoiding considering the press that attends only asks about fashion? I've never heard someone from the press ask a celebrity who wears Chanel, who was 100000000x times worse than any living fashion designer today, "So you support N*zis?". Be for real. We should celebrate great designers while they are still alive. He'll likely get an exhibition in Paris or London at a much more prestigious museum and get the recognition he deserves there.

Edited August 31Aug 31 by Archetype

34 minutes ago, Archetype said:

"With a deplorable past" are you referring to the very short amount of time during which John said deplorable things, and ignoring the DECADES of his career where he said nothing? John fully deserves praise for his contributions to fashion, more than what could even be said in one night at the MET. Why would anyone bring up something he said 15 years ago when there is 30+ years of work to speak about instead? What "negative" press would they be avoiding considering the press that attends only asks about fashion? I've never heard someone from the press ask a celebrity who wears Chanel, who was 100000000x times worse than any living fashion designer today, "So you support N*zis?". Be for real. We should celebrate great designers while they are still alive. He'll likely get an exhibition in Paris or London at a much more prestigious museum and get the recognition he deserves there.

Yes, it's deplorable to have been documented making virulent racist and antisemitic statements in at least three separate occasions, regardless of when they took places. Actions have consequences and, all things considered, Galiano has managed to continue thriving despite his past behavior. I believe in change, but people are also in their right to choose not to move on, and it sucks for him, then, that this year the MET Gala happens to fall on at the same time as Holocaust Remembrance, so his detractors were never going to let this sit.

And please, be serious. I'm not even going to answer why this is not the same as honoring a woman who has been dead for 50 years.

He's dime a dozen. Let's honor others who didn't say that and uttered anything else of the sort.

He already has fans, fame, and money. No need to honor him in the MET Gala.