Is Hermann Goring still available?Top French fashion house Christian Dior fired John Galliano, its star British creative director, after he was caught on film shouting "I love Hitler" and and also hurling anti-Semitic abuse at people in a Paris bar.
"Today, because of the particularly odious nature of the behaviour and words of John Galliano in a video made public this Monday, the Christian Dior house has decided to lay him off immediately and has begun dismissal procedures against him," it said a statement.
In the video, shot on a mobile telephone in December, Mr Galliano can be seen blind drunk at La Perle bar in the trendy Marais district of central Paris.
A woman's voice asks Mr Galliano, "Are you blond, with blue eyes?" Slurring his words, he replies: "No, but I love Hitler, and people like you would be dead today. Your mothers, your forefathers, would be all be gassed and dead. Hitler was a better dancer than Churchill; Hitler was a better dresser than Churchill; Hitler was a better painter than Churchill: he could paint a whole apartment in one afternoon, two coats."
The dismissal of a man widely viewed as among the world's most talented designers has ignited feverish speculation over who Dior will turn to for creative direction next. Possible replacements include Riccardo Tisci, creative director of Givenchy.
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