While the designer was celebrated by many stars at the Met Gala, voices were raised to denounce the problematic comments made by the designer during his lifetime.
The great annual fashion event, the Met Gala, took place on the evening of Monday 1 May. And this year it was about Karl Lagerfeld, who has made many creations for fashion houses Chloe, Fendi OR Chanel. For the occasion, many stars paid tribute to the creator who died in 2019. Not everyone liked this.
“The choice to honor Lagerfeld embodies the dissonance of an industry”
Because Lagerfeld wasn’t just known for his creative genius. Many times he has been the author of problematic comments, even discriminatory, gross-phobic, anti-refugee or even misogynistic. What did the Model allianceassociation for the defense of the rights of models.
” The choice to honor Lagerfeld embodies the dissonance of an industry that declares itself progressive, on the one hand celebrates body positivity and survivors of sexual violence, on the other venerates figures such as [Lagerfeld] without even denouncing their regressive views “said the model Sarah Ziff to the magazine Jezebel.
A problematic attitude towards women
According to the model ” what will undoubtedly remain unsaid of Lagerfeld, with whom I have worked regularly, is any mention of his problematic attitude towards women “, mentioning his gross phobia, but also the creator’s virulent criticism of the #MeToo movement.
In a magazine interview Number in 2018, Karl Lagerfeld called the models who spoke out to report sexual violence against them “toxic” and “sordid creatures”.
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” I read somewhere that now you have to ask the models if they are comfortable posing. It is the door open to all windows: from that moment, as a creator, you do nothing “, he had declared.
Before continuing: ” If you don’t want to be pulled at your panties, don’t become a model! Instead, join the Ursulines of the Roman Union, there will always be a place for you in the convent. They are even recruiting! “.
If the positions that Karl Lagerfeld may have held during his lifetime have been denounced by this modeling association or by social networks, very few people invited to the Met Gala have put them back on the carpet.
Source: Madmoizelle
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