On february 24th John Galliano, Christian Dior's star designer, launched an anti-Semitic rant in a Paris bar, Le Perle-or so it is alleged. Mr Galliano denies the offence and there are no independent witnesses. But a few days later a video surfaced of Mr Galliano engaged in similar behaviour. "I love Hitler," he told an unidentified group. "Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be fucking gassed." Christian Dior first suspended him and then, as outrage over the video grew, sacked him.
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