285: On Galliano Backlash, Influencer Drama, Regrettable Rebrands
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What is the main focus of the episode and how do the hosts introduce the discussion?
I spent forty thousand dollars on shoes? What's the matter, Morty?
Write down. Beautiful gowns.
The fashion has changed.
No, but you did have it. Hi, I'm Lauren Garoni. And I'm Chelsea Farless. And welcome back to the Every Outfit Podcast.
Shall we get straight into it? Oh, did something big happen? Something big did happen this past Friday. The Costume Institute announced the theme of their big spring exhibition, and it's all about John Galliano. Before we get into the backlash, shall we get into the press release that the Costume Institute released?
Of course, but before we even get into the press release, can we discuss the timing of the press release, which it was dropped Friday afternoon, which in PR terms usually means people only do this when they want to bury a news story. However, in a internet world, I don't think things work like that anymore.
Anymore? Totally. But they clearly wanted to minimize the backlash. Like even with this podcast, we typically record on Thursdays because there is typically a lack of news on Fridays.
For sure. Although, upon retrospect, all the news we do want to cover is the news that typically people want to bury.
How does the Costume Institute’s new “John Galliano: Horizons” exhibition address the designer’s controversial past?
Friday news.
Okay, anyway, the show is called John Galliano Horizons. According to the press release, it will draw extensively from the Costume Institute's holdings of Galliano's work, the largest collection of its kind in the world, including examples from his landmark nineteen eighty four graduation collection at Central St. Martin's in London, and culminating with his critically acclaimed Margella Spring Summer 2004 collection.
Which I don't think many people have read the press release. I think they just saw John Galeano subject to this year or next year's Met Gala and lost their minds and were like, What about th the controversies? Which they get into in the following paragraph of this press release.
Yes, they addressed this straight away. The press release says alongside Galliano's extraordinary creative accomplishments, the exhibition will address the derogatory conduct that fundamentally altered his career and public reception. In doing so, the exhibition will consider how artistic achievement should be understood alongside ethical accountability.
So there you go. Problem solved. All right.
Can't wait for May, guys. Okay, I don't want to get into the intricacies of his cancellation again, but for those of you who have completely forgotten, in 2011 he got blackout drunk at La Perle in Paris, and he got in a fight with a couple other people at the restaurant, and he made horrible, racist, anti-Semitic comments. Yeah.
Which he maintains to this day that he has no memory of this incident. He was swiftly fired from his position at Dior, and then later that year in twenty eleven, he was charged in a Paris courtroom for hate crimes. Which when this court case happened, they brought up a second incident that actually happened prior to the publicized incident that happened in twenty ten that he also has no memory of. At the same cafe. Yes.
Yeah, because I guess in France you can get charged with a hate crime for speech, which I do not believe is the case here.
We do have hate speech, but yes, in particular they are very sensitive, understandably so, to anti-Semitism. I did find it interesting in the press release, they go on to say how the exhibition is going to be broken up. And it's going to be organized into three movements: Bearings, Horizons, and Atlas of Transformation. The first Bearings will open with a conceptual chronology connecting Galeano's career and collections to broader historical and cultural events. It will directly address the rupture caused by his anti-Semitic, racist, and anti-Asian conduct in 2010 and 2011, which resulted in a dismissal from Christian Dior and his eponymous label, and his conviction by a Paris court for public. Insults based on race, religion, ethnicity, or origin.
To me, with this press release, it shows that they have really thought about how to present this and how this was going to be received.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the episode and how do the hosts introduce the discussion?
0:04–1:26
2
How does the Costume Institute’s new “John Galliano: Horizons” exhibition address the designer’s controversial past?
1:26–6:21
3
What are the different reactions and backlash groups to the Galliano retrospective?
6:21–11:27
4
How do the hosts evaluate the role of Anna Wintour and the Met’s decision to showcase a living designer?
11:27–31:44
5
What recent influencer moments (Meg Stalter’s Carrie Bradshaw look, Nara Smith on *Call Her Daddy*, and the Nantucket “no‑influencer” sign) are discussed?
31:44–44:05
6
How is the current “influencer recession” affecting brand deals and content strategy?
44:05–1:07:26
7
What are the key changes in recent re‑branding efforts (Us Weekly, Gap fragrances, L’Occitane, Coca‑Cola) and why do the hosts find them controversial?
1:07:26–1:18:15
8
What upcoming topics (e.g., the hidden Perez Hilton episode) do the hosts tease for future listeners?
1:18:15–1:18:48
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