Dior Furore: They tried to make me go to rehab.....

Don't worry Galliano, Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen will no doubt take you under their (right) wing.

Replacing the fired John Galliano at Dior is arguably the biggest decision Bernard Arnault will ever make. (Mostly because there was less riding on the position when he first hired Galliano in the Nineties.)

Since Galliano’s reign at the storied Paris fashion house was a time of major financial growth, Arnault needs to choose someone who can continue on that commercial path without compromising design. It’s a tough one, mostly because many of the designers proven capable of this are already stationed in plum creative director roles. Will Arnault look outside LVMH to replace Galliano, or will he make some swaps within the empire? I’ve crafted some educated guesses.

Marc Jacobs?

Alber Elbaz?

Kate and Laura Mulleavy?

Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig?

Riccardo Tisci?

Hedi Slimane?

Erdem Moralioglu?

Dries Van Noten?

I can guarantee that the new employee won’t be an American. Dior, after all, couldn’t be more French if it tried, and there’s something about American design that just doesn’t quite approximate France’s way of doing things. The replacement will also have to be capable of turning out a couple of couture collections a year. With that in mind, any one of the above 8 candidates would make a splendid addition to the stable of designers at LVMH.