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    “High & Low: A Review of John Galliano – Vulnerable, Intoxicated, Ranting, and Anti-Semitic. Why Did Nobody Step in to Help?” by Alexandra Shulman

    BintanoBy BintanoMarch 7, 2024No Comments5 Mins Read
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    There is a telling line in High & Low: John Galliano, when Sidney Toledano, former CEO of Christian Dior, reflects on the designer’s time as the brand’s creative director: ‘You never thought the guy had a problem because he never said, “I’m not feeling well”.’

    That seems extraordinary – given that anybody who met Galliano during most of those 15 years at Dior could see that he had myriad problems. Take your pick: drugs, alcohol, mental health.

    My recollection, as the editor of Vogue at the time, is that John was wildly late or missed appointments altogether. 

    He was accompanied by an entourage of minders, frequently looked unhealthy, veered from depressed to manic, and hid from the outside world behind a cohort of employees and enablers.

    The gilded cage of his life insulated him from anyone but the chosen few, while the demands of constantly delivering for Dior took its toll on his fragile personality.

    Anna Wintour and John Galliano at Mrs B's 90th Birthday party at Claridge's, London on February 21, 2016

    Anna Wintour and John Galliano at Mrs B’s 90th Birthday party at Claridge’s, London on February 21, 2016

    There is a telling line in High & Low: John Galliano (pictured with Anna Wintour in 1993), when Sidney Toledano, former CEO of Christian Dior, reflects on the designer's time as the brand's creative director: 'You never thought the guy had a problem because he never said, "I'm not feeling well"'

    There is a telling line in High & Low: John Galliano (pictured with Anna Wintour in 1993), when Sidney Toledano, former CEO of Christian Dior, reflects on the designer’s time as the brand’s creative director: ‘You never thought the guy had a problem because he never said, “I’m not feeling well”‘

    In the new documentary film about Galliano’s life, directed by Oscar-winning Kevin Macdonald (whose previous films include Whitney and One Day In September), he admits wanting to escape into drink after each show. 

    During one season, he locked himself in a hotel lift naked and pretended to be a lion – for four hours.

    When the most powerful man in fashion, chairman of LVMH Bernard Arnault, suggests his ‘problem’ could lead to serious harm, Galliano rips his shirt apart to expose his obsessively sculpted body and asks: ‘Is this the body of an alcoholic?’ We don’t discover what Arnault did next.

    Macdonald’s documentary charts the rise, fall – and re-emergence – of Galliano and pulls few punches from the first, shocking footage of John’s drunken, anti-Semitic rants to a lonely-looking Galliano backstage at a show for Margiela.

    In his high-pitched voice – an amalgam of Parisian hauteur and south London twang – Galliano faces the camera full-on and tells us he will reveal everything. I expect how true his recollections are depends on who is listening and what he can actually remember.

    I came to know Galliano after he was fired from Dior, following the events of 2011, when he was filmed directing anti-Semitic insults at a couple in his local bar.

    Previous to that, we would say an occasional hello, but I had little contact with the man many thought of as the most talented designer of his age. 

    In 2013, I felt it was time to give him the second chance we all deserve and invited him to guest fashion edit a story for Vogue’s Christmas edition.

    He was wary, still nervous about his public humiliation, but it gave me an insight into how his imagination worked. Pages of notes arrived from his retreat in France, sent by the local priest who possessed the only wi-fi in the vicinity.

    The notes were chaotic. Kate Moss was to be the model, there would be an amalgam of heady Russian muses, he would appear as a pianist, and photographer Tim Walker would capture the fantasy.

    Right up until the day of the shoot, I wasn’t sure that it would happen – but he arrived on time and delivered a beautiful story. A year or so later, I interviewed him on stage at the Vogue Festival. 

    John Galliano and Editor-In-Chief of American Vogue and Chief Content Officer of Conde Nast Dame Anna Wintour attend a cocktail reception ahead of The Fashion Awards 2021 at Royal Albert Hall on November 29, 2021 in London

    John Galliano and Editor-In-Chief of American Vogue and Chief Content Officer of Conde Nast Dame Anna Wintour attend a cocktail reception ahead of The Fashion Awards 2021 at Royal Albert Hall on November 29, 2021 in London

    British born fashion designer John Galliano who was asked to leave Dior in 2011

    British born fashion designer John Galliano who was asked to leave Dior in 2011

    In preparation, I visited him in his glorious Parisian apartment, walls hung with gilded mirrors, exotic treasures on every surface, vases of rich peonies and roses, and enough candles to fill a cathedral.

    He was gracious and warm, offering biscuits and ginger tea. He was still nervous, but realised that if he was going to have a new life in fashion, he had to come out of hiding.

    High & Low certainly tries to get to the real Galliano, to understand what went so wrong and question whether redemption is possible.

    It was made in collaboration with Conde Nast Entertainment – Conde Nast being the publishers of Vogue – and includes an interview with one of Galliano’s greatest cheerleaders, global editorial director Anna Wintour.

    Ultimately, this film tells you more about the fashion industry than it does about Galliano. We see his wonderful creations and an environment where anything was allowed so long as the cash tills rang.

    Galliano’s rants were shocking, yes – but they were of interest to the world at large only because he was a famous designer heading up a leading fashion house.

    Model Kate Moss pictured in 1993 wearing one of Galliano¿s designs

    Model Kate Moss pictured in 1993 wearing one of Galliano’s designs

    John Galliano pictured with Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Kate Moss in Paris in 1996

    John Galliano pictured with Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen and Kate Moss in Paris in 1996

    Here the designer is pictured with Anna Wintour and Charlize Theron in 2008

    Here the designer is pictured with Anna Wintour and Charlize Theron in 2008

    While Galliano tries to be as honest as he can, there are several ‘recollections may vary’ moments. 

    He felt he had apologised to the recipients of the rant for example, though he made no attempt to contact them outside the courtroom. He recalled only two instances of his appalling outbursts in the cafe, whereas there were three.

    The fact remains that he was allowed his excessive behaviour at Christian Dior because as far as they were concerned, he was getting the job done.

    The film shows an industry steeped in glitter and grime, that was happy to ignore the fact its prize designer needed help.

    Until the fateful moment when his behaviour threatened the profitability of the brand. Then, they chucked him out unceremoniously, like a piece of tatty cloth that no longer served any purpose.

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