Roberto Cavalli : "John Galliano? I don't believe it because I know John since many years. He's such a wonderful person. I can't believe that he makes some racist toward somebody, because he's so international...I think that somebody wants to try to be bad with him. I think la Maison Dior should make to him a big red carpet because he helped Maison Dior to be what it is today. I don't want to judge anybody, but I love John. John, I am with you."
Patricia Field : “People in fashion all they do is go and see John Galliano theater every season. That’s what he gives them. To me, this was the same except it wasn’t in a theater or in a movie. John lives in theater. It’s theater. It’s farce. But people in fashion don’t recognize the farce in it. All of a sudden they don’t know him. But it’s okay when it’s Mel Brooks’s The Producers singing 'Springtime for Hitler.' They don’t even see the farce in it. Fashion people who know him have not come forward. They know his theater. Believe me — my name is Field — my stepfather was Jewish." On her blog: "Beauty, intelligence and energy would describe John as I know him. Where in this trilogy could one find hate? I ask you! My second question is…What exactly did he say? And the third is…What is really going on here??”
Armani : "I am very, very sorry for him. It's obviously a difficult time for him. I'm also very sorry that they even videotaped him without him knowing."
Stefano Gabbana : "I'm so sorry for John Galliano!!!"
Chanel Iman (model) : “I love John Galliano. I’ve been working with him for years and he is one of the most amazing, genius men in this business. He is one of the most creative, genius designers that I’ve worked with and he’s so open to all types of people. He’s loving and he’s caring and I wish him all the best.”
Suzy Menkes : "While the vile statements seen coming from Mr Galliano's drunken lips on the internet video deserved the nearly-universal condemnation they were receiving, there is pathos in the vision of one of the world's most famous — and best paid — designers alone, clutching a glass in a bar," Menkes said. "The pressure from fast fashion and from the instant internet age to create new things constantly has worn down other famous names. Marc Jacobs, design director of Louis Vuitton, ended a wild streak in rehab. Calvin Klein famously rambled across a sports pitch and admitted to substance abuse. And the late Yves Saint Laurent spent a lifetime fighting his demons. Above all, the suicide of Alexander McQueen, a year almost to the day before Mr Galliano's public disgrace, is a spectre that hangs over the fashion industry. The death from cardiac arrest of Mr. Galliano's closest collaborator, Steven Robinson, in 2007 also sent out an early warning signal."
Franca Sozzani (Italian Vogue editor) : "I am against and I condemn any kind of racism or any behavior that shows disrespect toward any religion. But I would like to say that I’m just as disgusted by these people who saw what state John was in and took advantage of the situation by trading on his name and notoriety. It’s obvious that this was a bit inauthentic in the sense that if you are truly fighting with someone, you don’t have time to pick up a mobile phone, turn on the video GIGGLING and mockingly film what he is saying...While I condemn John’s words, I think they were said in a certain moment when he wasn’t lucid. I am frightened by how quick these young people were to try to gain notoriety or money while destroying the image of a genius."
Italian Vogue : "The creative director of Dior (now suspended by the company) was clearly provoked, and filmed, while obviously inebriated. It’s all in high definition—especially the sound—and the image is enviably composed. Either whoever took it was a master of timing, or what we are seeing is a video created for this purpose. An explosion was more than probable when you add together the amount of alcohol Galliano had consumed and the provocations of the people speaking to him. We don’t want to go on an obsessive search for hidden motives, but perhaps behind this event are just some parvenus of journalistic scandal who, in our opinion, were waiting to have three minutes of video to sell to someone for a good deal more than 30 pieces of silver."
Suzy Menkes : ......."friends of Galliano, who would speak only on condition of anonymity, say that they have finally persuaded the troubled designer to go immediately into rehab — and that the pace of fashion today, and particularly the rigorous structure of a corporate fashion house, broke the fragile, artistic creator."
THE PR RESPONSE :
Max Clifford : "I think Galliano needs to justify what he's done, he needs two or three Jewish friends to come forward and tell the public that he is not remotely anti-Semitic in all the years they have known him. Or he has to say it was meant to be a funny rant, or that he was just trying to annoy to the people sitting next to him."Please note that some of the responses were released or tweeted before the release of the video footage.
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