REACTING TO AN INSANE DIOR FASHION ARCHIVE 

As can I.

Fantastic video as usual, thanks.

I can more than appreciate that. That's poetry, that should be tattooed on my heart. He's so sweet, some people... are just precious.

YEEEEESSS

It was I teared up watching how much love and pride he had for his pieces. Fashion truly is an art that touches lives.

I didn't want to comment myself, because my area of expertise is in book archival rather than fashion archival, but yeah in the antiquarian book world we've gone in the same direction. We've also found that the oils on human skin are actually beneficial for book preservation.

​@@person9872that's super interesting to know. I have a bit of a background in classical archaeology and there it's the same. The only thing you want to handle with gloves is bronze. And that's not to protect the objects, but yourself because they tend to stain everything they touch (it's not a health issue, but it's no fun to have stained hands, especially since that kind of stain doesn't just wash off).

I thought this was such an important part of those video and I'm glad he took the time to acknowledge and educate. Galliano was influential in fashion, but when we talk about those influences now it's also important to call out the harms he's done.

Yes yes yes 👏 . I was stunned when the news broke and honestly couldn’t bring myself to throw away my treasured Dior shades that looked so fly on my quite characteristically Jewish nasal bridge. Galliano’s earth-shattering talent took Y2K fashion to such amazing heights-as a rock chick, I felt like I had a true avatar at the pinnacle of the fashion scene who created brilliant, game-changing art, and didn’t just gesture toward my world-he was *one of us* like nobody had been, even Alexander McQueen. And then-blackout high and drunk or not-that ugly racist rant pulled a dark curtain over all the brilliance. I remember being in my car, driving home from work, when the news broke, and it was like a sucker punch. I follow designers, but (as I said) I felt so excited by, and just adored, everything Galliano represented, until then. And he broke my heart. I know he has worked hard to find his way back to the community. I genuinely hope his fall from grace led him onto a path to becoming a better man. He deserved his success, and he deserved his failure. But I also believe in forgiveness, and I hope he has found genuine redemption for himself. His talent is titanic and I hope I live to see him continue to strive and earn a place at the top of the fashion world again, an older and wiser and genuinely better person and a beacon of light for anyone who needs help overcoming such ugly and destructive beliefs. (And I really think he must be putting in the work, to have earned back as much trust as he seems to have; nobody wants to be burned again, and I hope nobody in the business wants anything to do with someone, no matter how brilliant, who harbors such disgusting beliefs).

00:06:15 Yes yes yes 👏 . I was stunned when the news broke and honestly couldn’t bring myself to throw away my treasured Dior shades that looked so fly on my quite characteristically Jewish nasal bridge. Galliano’s earth-shattering talent took Y2K fashion to such amazing heights-as a rock chick, I felt like I had a true avatar at the pinnacle of the fashion scene who created brilliant, game-changing art, and didn’t just gesture toward my world-he was *one of us* like nobody had been, even Alexander McQueen. And then-blackout high and drunk or not-that ugly racist rant pulled a dark curtain over all the brilliance. I remember being in my car, driving home from work, when the news broke, and it was like a sucker punch. I follow designers, but (as I said) I felt so excited by, and just adored, everything Galliano represented, until then. And he broke my heart. I know he has worked hard to find his way back to the community. I genuinely hope his fall from grace led him onto a path to becoming a better man. He deserved his success, and he deserved his failure. But I also believe in forgiveness, and I hope he has found genuine redemption for himself. His talent is titanic and I hope I live to see him continue to strive and earn a place at the top of the fashion world again, an older and wiser and genuinely better person and a beacon of light for anyone who needs help overcoming such ugly and destructive beliefs. (And I really think he must be putting in the work, to have earned back as much trust as he seems to have; nobody wants to be burned again, and I hope nobody in the business wants anything to do with someone, no matter how brilliant, who harbors such disgusting beliefs).

Unfortunately antisemitism seems very common in fashion, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Balenciaga etc all have got antisemitic pasts, mostly because of the Nazis closing the brands that didnt support them, but its really shocking how many oft he brands that have longevity have quite strong ties - if you want to read a book on it, I recommend The Seamstresses of Auschwitz, its heartbreaking

gurl get over it. lol. he did his time and explained it. stop crying.

I wouldn't necessarily say he's hoarding these pieces. He's collecting them as if they're art pieces. But a Dior museum would be a great idea. And costume museums in general need more funding.

Or even a digital archive. I love those, where you can zoom in and look at the details and stitching.

I also wanted to see more of his collection

I feel like I'd be too scared to wear it, but he actually does wear some of the pieces, which he shares on his insta when he does

Think of collecting these clothes like art pieces. You know how art collectors like to buy art and they know the meaning behind each piece, when it was made and how it was made? Thats just like being a fashion archivist. They know the meaning of each piece, which collection it was from, what year it got released and what kind of fabric and materials it was made out off. What if you might not be able to fit into the clothes since they're all sample sized? I would love to collect these as art pieces.

agreed, but he does share them on his insta often