Who Approved This?: The Galliano Question Nobody Asked Early Enough
Fri, Sep. 4, 2026
By Austin Holmes
It's almost always possible to recover from past mistakes, but the way the Met handled the John Galliano fiasco is an object lesson in how not to do that.

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