The New York Post reported this morning that disgraced designer John Galliano, who recently entered ADL-sanctioned sartorial rehab at Oscar de la Renta’s famed fashion house, was spotted during fashion week dressed suspiciously like a Hasidic man—peyos, black hat and all.

I’m apparently not the only one who thought his outfit seemed more deranged Willy Wonka than pious Hasid. The ADL stepped in, calling the Post story a “a ridiculous, absurd distortion.” According to ADL National Director Abraham H. Foxman:

There is no truth to their accusation that John Galliano was dressed in Hasidic garb, and anyone familiar with the dress of traditional Orthodox Jews should not mistake what Galliano is wearing in the photograph as “Hasidic garb.” Hasidim do not wear fedora hats, pinstripe pants, blue jackets or an ascot tie.

“He has spent hours with me and with others in the European Jewish community, including rabbis and Holocaust scholars, in an effort to better understand himself and to learn from his past mistakes. He is trying very hard to atone,” Foxman added.

Abe Foxman, John Galliano’s biggest fan?

Jew-bash designer Galliano’s costume mocks faithful [NYP] Resignation Over John Galliano [The Scroll] A Plea on Behalf of John Galliano [The Scroll]

***

Like this post? Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new Jewcy stories in your inbox every Thursday.

The post ADL Defends John Galliano From New York Post’s ‘Hasidic Garb’ Accusation appeared first on Jewcy.

John Galliano is back in the fashion game, thanks to his old friend Oscar de la Renta. The much-maligned French designer, whose camera-ready drunk anti-Semitic outburst in March 2011 led to his swift dismissal from Christian Dior, a court hearing, and general public disgrace, will be heading to New York for a three-week stint working in de la Renta’s studio.

“Everyone in life deserves a second chance, especially someone as talented as John,” de la Renta told WWD.

And you know what? The Anti-Defamation League agrees, publicly supporting Galliano’s new internship. According to ADL National Director Abe Foxman,

We believe that individuals can change their hearts and minds as long as they demonstrate true contrition.

Mr. Galliano has worked arduously in changing his worldview and dedicated a significant amount of time to researching, reading, and learning about the evils of anti-Semitism and bigotry. Along his journey to recovery he met with us on numerous occasions. He has accepted full responsibility for his previous remarks and understands that hurtful comments have no place in our society.

We wish him much success and look forward to working with him again in the near future as a spokesman against anti-Semitism, intolerance and bigotry.

This calls for a mazel tov, or something.

The post Disgraced Designer John Galliano is Making a High-Fashion Comeback appeared first on Jewcy.

• Follow our friends at Tablet for the latest in what’s happening in Israel. [Tablet]

• The scene: Philip Roth, his iPhone, a Jewish deli on the Upper West Side, and a novel called Balls. [Paris Review]

• Christian Dior designer Raf Simons calls disgraced former Dior designer John Galliano’s designs no longer relevant. [Fashionista]

• We could watch GIFs of Bravo’s Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper eating a gigantic gummy worm all day. [BuzzFeed]

• Tavi Gevinson, still teaching people how to do a proper bitchface. [Access Hollywood]

• Mayim Bialik, Call Me Maybe flash mob participant. [Vulture]

The post Daily Jewce: The Latest From Israel, Mayim Bialik’s ‘Call Me Maybe’ Flash Mob appeared first on Jewcy.

• He’s baaack: John Galliano has allegedly filed a 15 million euro employee/employer dispute claim in French labor court.

• Meet the actress married to Seth Rogen.

• Tom Bower has been cast as Dwight Schrute’s oft-referenced former Nazi uncle, Heinrich Manheim, on a spinoff of The Office.

• Take a walk down sartorial memory lane with Gwyneth Paltrow.

• British actor Jamie Bell has been added to the cast of Lars von Trier’s Shia LaBeouf-filled film, Nymphomaniac.

• Members of the Israeli band Monica Sex learned the hard way not to get undressed mid-concert, or else the police might get involved.

The post Daily Jewce: Dwight Schrute’s Nazi Uncle Cast on ‘The Office’ Spinoff appeared first on Jewcy.

• “Fashion and comedy go together like Bar Mitzvahs and Galliano,” Seth Meyers joked in a speech at the CFDA awards.

• A pregnant Drew Barrymore married her fiance, Will Kopelman, under a chuppah in a Jewish ceremony.

• The Revealer reviews Laurel Snyder’s new children’s book, Good Night, Laila Tov.

• Jake Gyllenhaal will star in an adaptation of Jose Saramago’s novel, The Double.

• Madonna projected an image of France’s far-right Front National party leader, Marine Le Pen, with a swastika on her forehead during her concert in Israel:

The post Daily Jewce: Madonna’s Le Pen Swastika, Meyers’ Galliano Joke, and more appeared first on Jewcy.

According to John Galliano (pictured above), yes.  John Galliano, of Dior Fame, was recently videotaped in Paris proclaiming his love for Hitler.  This video undeniably captures him stating “I love Hitler” as matter-of-factly as he might declare his love of hats.  He goes on to tell the patrons at the next table that “People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers, would all be f****** gassed.”  Galliano was arrested after making the anti-semitic comments, then taken to the police station for a sobriety test – which he failed.  Notably, in France one may be sanctioned for expressing anti-semitic remarks.

Dior is wasting no time distancing itself from the anti-semitic designer: “Pending the results of the inquiry, Christian Dior has suspended John Galliano from his responsibilities,” announced the fashion house in a recent statement.

This videotape is as serious as it is shocking.  For all the fashion-puns I would love to enlist here, none seem appropriate in light of this all-too-real window into the undercurrent of anti-semitism that may not be fashionable, but is still very much alive.

The post Is Hitler The New Black? appeared first on Jewcy.