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John Galliano's last chance

Ever since he was formally charged over the incident at La Perle, Galliano has been in hiding in America, initially at a rehab facility in Arizona, though his whereabouts more recently have been unknown with rumours circling that he is ensconced at the atelier of a leading fashion designer in New York working on Kate Moss' wedding dress.

But aside from his early statement in which he vehemently denied all the accusations against him, the world is yet to hear Galliano try to talk his way out of, what looks on paper and on film, to be a fairly open and shut case.

According to the court papers, Galliano denies calling 35-year-old Arab World Institute art curator Géraldine Bloch a "dirty whore" with a "dirty Jewish face" and saying she should die, although after telling police he had drank Champagne at lunch, more Champagne in the afternoon while shopping, and a mojito or maybe two at La Perle, and testing four times over the legal driving limit, it may prove hard to convince a judge that his recollections are entirely reliable.

For his part, Galliano claimed in his early public statement that he was subjected to "verbal harassment and an unprovoked assault when an individual tried to hit me with a chair having taken violent exception to my look and my clothing," and instantly commenced proceedings against his accusers, Bloch and her companion 41-year-old receptionist Philippe Virgitti, for defamation.

And according to the court dossier, when Galliano faced his accusers at a Paris police station days after the incident, he maintained that he would never have said those things: "How would I know she's Jewish? It isn't written on her forehead….It's clear that I'm neither a racist, nor an anti-Semite, nor a misogynist."

This claim has been repeatedly backed up by everyone who knew Galliano, but anyone who blithely dismissed Bloch's accusations as the work of a bitter nobody seeking 15 minutes to bask in the reflective fame of a worldly genius, quickly piped down once the earlier video footage emerged.

The fashion industry has to be one of the most forgiving business - Kate Moss is still in demand as 'the face' of multiple brands despite the cocaine scandal which the tabloids gleefully predicted would end her career, while Naomi Campbell has weathered more scandals than a team of premiership footballers and has managed to reinvent herself as the fashion world's answer to Mother Theresa via her charity 'Fashion For Relief' - but overt racism, particularly anti-Semitism, in an industry that prides itself on tolerance and cultural diversity, may prove too hard a pill to swallow.

'Last Chance' by Sarah Dessen | Aquinas Reads

’ Is about a girl named Nicole who goes to her auntie’s place for the summer while her mother goes around the world promoting her fitness DVD and products to help people live a healthier lifestyle and look healthier. Nicole gets a job at a diner called ‘Last Chance’ and she expectantly has a ‘summer love’. Maybe later in life Nicole and her ‘summer love guy’ fall in love forever. I really liked this book. I rate this book 9/10 if you like romantic/love books. Colie is offered a job as a waitress at the Last Chance Cafe and meets two girls, Morgan and Isabel, who have very different opinions from each other.  Norman is a young teenage boy who likes to collect second hand items and turn them into art. He especially likes collecting sunglasses.  Mira, Colie’s Aunty, likes to collect second hand things as well.   She likes to write cards, is very “out there” and doesn’t care about what every one else thinks. The story is based on a young girl and her mother who have no money and nowhere to live. Colie’s mother Kiki Sparks got work at a gym and became a fitness guru.   In the story she is traveling around the world helping women get fitter and healthier.  Meanwhile, Colie is staying with her Aunty Mira, finds new friends and gets a job as a waitress at the Last Chance.  Colie and her new friends Morgan and Isabel give her a new look and take her out to see the fireworks.  It is here she meets a boy who seems very interested in her but it turns out that he is her worst enemy’s cousin.

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