Initially the Gala was going to celebrate John Galliano with the theme a retrospective on his career but it was ditched because organisers thought it would cause backlash.
Plagued by alcoholism and substance abuse, John Galliano, 63, faced multiple setbacks, including a 2011 conviction for public insults , leading to his dismissal as Dior s creative director.
Kevin Macdonald's 'High & Low: John Galliano' examines fallout from the anti-Semitic tirade that got the designer fired as creative director of Dior.