"What has happened over the last week has been a terrible and wrenching ordeal for us all," Sidney Toledano President of Christian Dior Couture said before the start of Galliano's final collection for Dior -- as part of Paris Fashion Week. "It has been deeply painful to see the Dior name associated with the disgraceful statements attributed to its designer, however brilliant he may be," Toledano said.
President of Christian Dior Couture Sidney Toledano and his wife Katia meets Prince Moulay Rachid on December 3, 2010 in Marrakech, Morocco.
If any one had intended to boycott John Galliano's last show for Dior -- and there were dark mutterings from some American retailers that they would be sitting it out -- curiosity won the day. There were no A-list celebrities, but plenty of illustrious fashion pros were there: Vogue editor Anna Wintour, photographer Mario Testino, Glenda Bailey, the editor of Harper's Bazaar, along with the buyers from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Hong Kong's Lane Crawford and London-based Harrods. Our final view of Galliano's Dior was of a young girl's naked bottom. - LISA ARMSTRONG TIMES OF LONDON
President of Christian Dior Couture Sidney Toledano and his wife Katia meets Prince Moulay Rachid on December 3, 2010 in Marrakech, Morocco.
If any one had intended to boycott John Galliano's last show for Dior -- and there were dark mutterings from some American retailers that they would be sitting it out -- curiosity won the day. There were no A-list celebrities, but plenty of illustrious fashion pros were there: Vogue editor Anna Wintour, photographer Mario Testino, Glenda Bailey, the editor of Harper's Bazaar, along with the buyers from Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Hong Kong's Lane Crawford and London-based Harrods. Our final view of Galliano's Dior was of a young girl's naked bottom. - LISA ARMSTRONG TIMES OF LONDON
