Julie Menin blasts the Met’s ‘serious mistake’ in honoring ‘Nazi-loving’ designer John Galliano at 2027 gala

Galliano was convicted of a hate crime in 2011 for drunkenly berating patrons at a Paris bar with antisemitic insults, and proclaiming “I love Hitler” in a disturbing incident that got him booted from his cushy gig at Dior.

The event is currently scheduled for May 3, but growing concern over Galliano's past remarks has overseers considering a change.

Amid growing backlash over the Met Gala’s choice to honor designer John Galliano at the big event next May, Met trustees and board members are “mulling” whether to reschedule the fundraiser away from the previously announced May 3 date to avoid coinciding with the Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day. The possibility

Galliano, a fashion industry giant championed by Anna Wintour, was found guilty of a hate crime for his antisemitic outbursts in 2011.