John Galliano is the subject of the Costume Institute's 2027 exhibition and will be celebrated with his very own Met Gala. Galliano's biographer Dana Thomas — author of Gods and Kings (https://amzn.to/4fV1szN), a dual biography about Galliano and Alexander McQueen — joins the show to talk about what this means. Amy and Dana recap Galliano's fall from grace and image rehabilitation — thanks to Anna Wintour.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Galliano is getting a Met Gala
1:24 The "Friday night drop"
4:07 Recap: the 2011 downfall
13:00 The amends he still hasn't made
18:00 Anna Wintour's 15-year rehab campaign
21:30 The exhibition + the Zara factor
24:50 Should the Met be doing this?
29:20 Who really benefits?
32:15 Does an antisemite deserve a party?
35:20 Was his work even that great? Revisiting the reviews
Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedAugust 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC
- RatingExplicit
