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.
Alexey Sorokin (fashion designer) Alexey Sorokin (fashion designer) Alexey Sorokin (born 29 November 1983) is a fashion designer of womenswear label Homo Consommatus. In 2008, the Saint Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design housed the designer's final graduation collection. Its main idea was consumerism and the 'wrapping of a person' as means of identification and self-defense. Two years after the graduation Sorokin set up luxury womenswear label Homo Consommatus, which is Latin for "consuming person". In October 2011, the Homo Consommatus womenswear Spring/Summer 2012 collection debuted at Aurora Fashion Week Russia supported by LMA Presents - local project for emerging designers. Alexey subsequently