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John Galliano stripped of French Legion of Honor award over anti-Semitism

France's leading Jewish group says the Legion of Honor has complied with its rules by stripping disgraced fashion designer John Galliano of its honor award, a year after he was convicted over a drunken, anti-Semitic tirade in Paris.Former President Nicolas Sarkozy had awarded the British designer the Legion d'Honneur decoration in 2009 for his services to French couture, but it was withdrawn last week.Richard Prasquier, president of the Jewish group CRIF, said Monday that "what he said made him unworthy of wearing this decoration. There are some convictions that aren't compatible with the award."The British couturier, who was artistic director of the Christian Dior fashion house, was given suspended fines over the February 2011 incident, lost his job, then went into rehab....

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  1. Ex-Dior designer John Galliano goes to trial charged with racial insults

    Former Dior designer John Galliano will face his accusers at his trial this week on charges he hurled racial insults to three patrons at a Paris cafe, allegations th...

  2. Christian Dior fires fashion provocateur John Galliano in wake of anti-Semitic video

    This time, John Galliano, long a top fashion-world provocateur on and off the runway, went too far.The storied French label Christian Dior said Tuesday it was firing...

  3. John Galliano label scraps plan for Paris show and opts instead for 'presentation'

    John Galliano label scraps plan for Paris show and opts instead for 'presentation.'

  4. Fashion designer John Galliano to face trial in Paris in June on charges of racist insults

    Former Dior designer John Galliano will go on trial in Paris on June 22 on charges that he made racist insults, accusations that rocked the fashion world and cost hi...

  5. Fashion designer John Galliano to face trial in Paris in June on charges of racist insults

    Former Dior designer John Galliano will go on trial in Paris on June 22 on charges that he made racist insults, accusations that rocked the fashion world and cost hi...

  6. Dior designer John Galliano detained after spat in Paris restaurant

    Officials say Dior designer John Galliano was briefly detained after a spat in a Paris restaurant.An official with the Paris prosecutor's office says a couple in the...

  7. Fashion designer John Galliano apologizes for behavior that led to his firing from Dior

    Fashion designer John Galliano apologizes for behavior that led to his firing from Dior.

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