So, John Galliano, the flamboyant bad boy designer, was fired from his position at Christian Dior over alleged anti-Semitic remarks (and a video of him saying, "I love Hitler"), is currently in rehab and faces prosecution for the remarks, which supposedly include calling a woman a "dirty Jew face." But now his accuser says, "I don't believe he's racist or anti-Semitic ... I think above all that he's very ill and that for him it was about provocation." more ›

In the wake of allegations that fashion designer John Galliano uttered anti-Semitic remarks at patrons of a Parisian cafe last week (a video from months earlier show him telling someone "I love Hilter"), the fashion world has been brimming with observations and condemnations. Fellow successful designer Karl Lagerfeld was unsparing in his comments to WWD, "I’m furious, if you want to know. I’m furious that it could happen, because the question is no longer even whether he really said it. The image has gone around the world. It’s a horrible image for fashion, because they think that every designer and everything in fashion is like this. This is what makes me crazy in that story." more ›

Fashion designer John Galliano, who was fired from Christian Dior after accusations he uttered anti-Semitic remarks at Parisian cafe customers and after a video of him proclaiming his love for Hitler surfaced, "completely" denies the allegations of racism and anti-Semitism. In a statement, he said, "Anti-Semitism and racism have no part in our society. I unreservedly apologize for my behavior in causing any offence." But French authorities are moving ahead to prosecute him. more ›

Last week, fashion house Christian Dior suspended its iconoclastic designer, John Galliano, after he was accused of making anti-Semitic statements at a Paris cafe. Today, after an undated video of Galliano saying he loved Hitler and other allegations of anti-Semitism piled up, Dior announced that Galliano was fired. CEO Sidney Toledano condemned the bad boy designer "in the strongest terms" and said Galliano's behavior was "in total contradiction with the essential values that have always been defended by the Christian Dior house." more ›

If you're a vintage couture enthusiast, and we imagine there are quite a few in this city, you probably already know about socialite, philanthropist, clotheshorse and fashion maven Nan Kempner - and how trunks of her wardrobe are being sold tomorrow with items going for $25 and up (and way up). more ›

Fashion Week is upon us once again, and even outside of Bryant Park it's hard to not notice. Coinciding with Fashion Week, the Museum at FIT opens a new show, Love and War: The Weaponized Woman. more ›