John Galliano moved Galliano to Christian Dior, replacing Italian designer Gianfranco Ferré. At Dior, Galliano received critical acclaim for his Haute Couture and ready-to-wear collections. In 2010, Galliano identified his love of theatre and femininity as central to his creations; he said "my role is to seduce", and credited Standard Oil heiress Millicent Rogers as an influence. On 25 February 2011, Dior announced they had suspended Galliano following his arrest over an alleged anti-Jewish tirade in a Paris bar. The same day, Paris-based citizen journalism site Citizenside received video of Galliano on a similar rant in the same bar the previous December.
Patrick Robinson (fashion designer) and Los Angeles, and attended a highschool in Fullerton, CA and worked a part-time job at the department store Nordstrom at the Cerritos mall. Robinson's first fashion endeavor was his own small line of beach wear inspired by his love of surfing. He attended the Parsons New School of Design in New York City, graduating in 1989. He also studied at the American College in Paris. Robinson is married to Vogue editor Virginia Smith, and the couple had their son, Wyeth, in 2003. A celebrated American designer with more than 25 years of experience in the fashion industry in America,