Has fashion cancelled cancelling? How falling out of fashion is never permanent

A file picture shows Ye, the artiste formerly known as Kanye West, and his wife, Bianca Censori, in the front row at the Marni show in Milan on Feb 23, 2024. Photo: The New York Times

John Galliano, High & Low, the feature-length documentary about the former Dior designer’s fall from grace after a drunken antisemitic rant in a Paris bar in 2011, and his long climb back, is interesting for a number of reasons.

It is a chance to hear from Galliano himself about his struggles, for one, and to look back at the fashion world of the 1990s.