Ye attacks LVMH chief Bernard Arnault
You keep the controversy coming - and again after LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault.
The designer and rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, has been pissing off fashion — and the internet in general - with her Yzy fashion show in Paris on Monday.
The online spotlight shone brightest on his t-shirt, which read "White Lives Matter" - that the Anti-Defamation League considers "a white supremacist phrase that originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement." Ye said the shirt “says it all,” though many found it offensive and the outcry over his actions continues.
Related GalleriesBut on the sidelines, Ye kept Arnault, whom he declared to be "my new Drake" and "the number one competition" at the show on Monday.
Arnault runs the world's largest luxury house, ranked by Forbes as the second richest person in the world with a fortune of $153.8 billion, including a gain of $9.1 billion on Tuesday alone.
But Ye's beef - which so far seems to be one-sided - has metastasized in something else on Tuesday on Instagram, where he made a series of controversial statements.
“SPANK MY HAND WITH THE RULES(S) I WILL SIT IN THE MAIN( S))' OFFICE CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE THE DELAY OF THE SHOW OR HOW BERNARD ARNAULT KILLED MY BEST FRIEND EVERYONE IS RIGHT TO A RIGHT OPINION THERE IS MINE,” Ye wrote in a post, featuring a bust of Roman poet Virgil.
LVMH did not publicly respond to Ye's statements and a spokesperson did not immediately responded to a request from WWD.< /p>
Virgil Abloh — one of fashion's most beloved designers and the first black man to be male creative director at Louis Vuitton - died of a rare form of cancer aged 41 last year. Both Abloh and Ye interned at another LVMH house, Fendi, in 2009.
However, Arnault defended Abloh and in 2021, when LVMH increased its stake in the Off- White from the creator, the billionaire said he was "delighted" to extend the partnership.
In another article on Tuesday that seemed to add more heat than light to the situation, Ye said that the streetwear brand Supreme belongs to LVMH - it doesn't, VF Corp. bought the brand in 2020 from private backers - and that "IN WAR THEY WILL SEND YOUR OWN PEOPLE HOME. GOOD BERNARD.
You keep the controversy coming - and again after LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault.
The designer and rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, has been pissing off fashion — and the internet in general - with her Yzy fashion show in Paris on Monday.
The online spotlight shone brightest on his t-shirt, which read "White Lives Matter" - that the Anti-Defamation League considers "a white supremacist phrase that originated in early 2015 as a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement." Ye said the shirt “says it all,” though many found it offensive and the outcry over his actions continues.
Related GalleriesBut on the sidelines, Ye kept Arnault, whom he declared to be "my new Drake" and "the number one competition" at the show on Monday.
Arnault runs the world's largest luxury house, ranked by Forbes as the second richest person in the world with a fortune of $153.8 billion, including a gain of $9.1 billion on Tuesday alone.
But Ye's beef - which so far seems to be one-sided - has metastasized in something else on Tuesday on Instagram, where he made a series of controversial statements.
“SPANK MY HAND WITH THE RULES(S) I WILL SIT IN THE MAIN( S))' OFFICE CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE THE DELAY OF THE SHOW OR HOW BERNARD ARNAULT KILLED MY BEST FRIEND EVERYONE IS RIGHT TO A RIGHT OPINION THERE IS MINE,” Ye wrote in a post, featuring a bust of Roman poet Virgil.
LVMH did not publicly respond to Ye's statements and a spokesperson did not immediately responded to a request from WWD.< /p>
Virgil Abloh — one of fashion's most beloved designers and the first black man to be male creative director at Louis Vuitton - died of a rare form of cancer aged 41 last year. Both Abloh and Ye interned at another LVMH house, Fendi, in 2009.
However, Arnault defended Abloh and in 2021, when LVMH increased its stake in the Off- White from the creator, the billionaire said he was "delighted" to extend the partnership.
In another article on Tuesday that seemed to add more heat than light to the situation, Ye said that the streetwear brand Supreme belongs to LVMH - it doesn't, VF Corp. bought the brand in 2020 from private backers - and that "IN WAR THEY WILL SEND YOUR OWN PEOPLE HOME. GOOD BERNARD.
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