Dior Fires John Galliano

“The Show Must Go On!”
And so it did sans Dior’s famously eccentric and former head designer, John Galliano. Dior’s fall 2011 fashion show, scheduled for March 4th, was one of the hottest tickets in town as fans and critics flocked to see how the fashion house would fare fresh off the heels of the PR nightmare created by Galliano.

In February, a couple accused the designer of making racial slurs toward them at a Paris café called La Perle. A second complaint was later filed with Paris police alleging an anti-Semitic verbal attack.  Video phone footage of the once prominent designer has also surfaced. It captures a seemingly drunk John Galliano saying, “I love Hitler…People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f—— gassed.”

Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman, the face of Miss Dior Cherie fragrance,  about the incident: “I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano’s comments that surfaced today,” said Portman. “In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way. I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful.”

The firestorm caused by Galliano could very well cause the fall of one of fashion’s finest houses. Dior is already reporting layoffs as the backlash of Galliano’s comments continues. The fifty-year-old British designer John Galliano has acted as head designerof Christian Dior since October of 1996, but his reign has since ended. Galliano was fired after a brief suspension. President and CEO, Sidney Toledano, told Women’s Wear Daily, “We unequivocally condemn the statements made by John Galliano, which are in total contradiction to the longstanding core values of Christian Dior.”

Only time will tell what will become of Dior.

The Haircut Nightmare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a neighborhood beauty salon that I pass every day.  I decided to make an appointment last Wednesday to get a shampoo and style.  I was greeted by a receptionist who directed me to the hairstylist who would provide the services I requested.  She walked me to a shampoo room where she began to wash and condition my hair.  I was pleased with this part of the process, but it came time to dry my hair.  I sat under a hair dryer which I frown upon because it takes so long to dry my thick and medium length hair.  I prefer a simple blow dryer.  After about an hour under the dryer, I was motioned to sit in THE CHAIR to get my hair styled.  Twenty minutes may have passed when she said, “You know, your hair would have a cleaner finish if you let me trim your ends.  What do you think?”  I said it would be okay if you are just trimming a couple of inches…

She not only cut the two inches I told her too, but she must have taken two or three more in honor of her own desire to go on a cutting frenzy because my hair was considerably shorter than eighteen inches long before the salon visit! You be the judge.

Here some tips that I learned from this experience:

1)      Never let the stylist turn the chair you sit in away from the mirror!

2)      Ask a lot of questions.

3)      Be very clear on how much hair you want trimmed.

4)      Make sure the stylist is interested in healthy hair and not a “scissor-happy mad stylist”.

Skip this trend: Summer boots

Yes, summer boots. Just saying it makes me roll my eyes. This “trend” is a total oxymoron. Unless you live at one of the Poles, why would you want to huff around in boots during the hottest months of the year? I don’t which overpaid genius came up with trend to try to push onto unsuspecting trendsters but no one with the least bit of sense should caught trying to rock the summer boot. I don’t care how many celebrities you see in magazines leaving Whole Foods in “the hottest trend of the summer.” Everyone knows celebrities are totally disillusioned anyway, so don’t trust their judgment.

The point of my long tirade? Skip this trend and tell all your friends to do the same, because it’s just flat out ridiculous.

Skip this trend: 20′s Inspired headbands

Every magazine I look in, every website I go to this hideous “trend” is staring me in the face. When did it become cool to wear 20s Flapper inspired head bands again? Umm news flash, it didn’t! This look is just a big ol’ fashion mess! I admit that there are about a handful of people who can actually pull this look off and not look totally ridiculous but I can say with almost 100% certainty that the vast majority of people reading this article do not fall into that category.And if you think you’re going to “prove me wrong” and do it anyway I can assure you that the only person you’ll be hurting is yourself (and the people looking at you who have to keep a straight face).

Seriously, if you are not from a culture that wears headbands as part of your everyday dress or if you’re not wearing drop waist Flapper garb and dancing the Charleston, then please don’t try to pull this look off. I know you think you look cool but you don’t, and believe me people are laughing at you (or at least I will be).