Lagerfeld infamously said models who didn't want their 'pants pulled down' by abusers should join a 'nunnery' instead. The Model Alliance would like a word.
during 2017’s #MeToo movement “stupid,” “toxic,” and “sordid creatures” who should quit the industry if they took issue with how they were treated. In the same interview for international fashion magazinein 2018, Lagerfeld stated he was “fed up” with the attempts to root out serial abusers and sex pests within fashion, instead blaming models for the upheaval: “If you don’t want your pants pulled about, don’t become a model! Join a nunnery, there’ll always be a place for you in the convent.
It is precisely these sorts of misogynistic sentiments that have led to prevalent industry-wide abuse for models and other behind-the-scenes fashion workers. Within the, the management agencies responsible for caring for models—who are often very young, and have moved away from home for work—have gone largely unchecked.
“This is personal,” Ziff told Jezebel. “I want to make sure that the people who work in this industry have basic rights and protections and don’t have to endure abuse that, unfortunately, I myself faced as a young model.”Despite the Model Alliance’s rightful rage, tonight’s fetê will almost certainly go off without a hitch. Reality stars will flash their doctored grins, and fans will speculate who amongst them secured a last-minute Ozempic prescription to squeeze into archival Chanel.
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