Revisit the Fashion Week Scandals That Overshadowed the Fabulous Clothes

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Kim Kardashian Explains North's Paris Fashion Week "Stop" Sign

The play doesn't ever prevarication successful the extravagant covering during Fashion Week.

Over the years, the month-long events—which footwear disconnected connected Sept. 9 this twelvemonth with New York Fashion Week and adjacent retired connected Oct. 4 with Paris Fashion Week—have displayed genuinely unthinkable collections from brands specified arsenic Chanel, Versace, Brandon Maxwell, Valentino and hundreds more. 

And portion the intent of Fashion Week is to showcase fierce, fabulous and fantastical designs, there have been a multitude of major scandals that have, successful immoderate cases, overshadowed the clothes.

Perfect example: In 2018, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj's altercation astatine the Harper's Bazaar Icons Party in New York dominated the headlines.

A twelvemonth later, Gigi Hadid fearlessly stopped a catwalk crasher, YouTuber and comedian Marie Benoliel (a.k.a. Marie S'Infiltre), at the Chanel show in Paris. And that aforesaid week, while Justin Timberlake attended the Louis Vuitton amusement with his wife Jessica Biel, he was pranked by Vitalii Sediuk. At the time, the prankster dropped down to the ground and tightly grabbed onto the singer's foot. He was instantly removed afterward.

Of course, we're lone scratching the aboveground here.

Keep scrolling to revisit each azygous Fashion Week ungraded implicit the years. 

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Kim Kardashian Robbed At Gunpoint

In October 2016, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was robbed astatine gunpoint wrong her edifice during Paris Fashion Week. The men stole $10 cardinal worthy of jewelry, including the 20-carat emerald chopped diamond ring her hubby Kanye West had talented her. Kim recalled the devastating infinitesimal connected E! True Hollywood Story."That 10 minutes truly changed my full life," she explained. "You're conscionable benignant of bracing yourself for the infinitesimal that they're gonna sprout you and termination you. They tied maine up. They wrapped duct portion implicit my eyes and my mouth." 

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Gigi Hadid's Chanel Runway Crasher

Handling the concern similar a pro, the 25-year-old model saved the time erstwhile a prankster jumped up onto the runway astatine the Chanel Paris Fashion Week amusement successful October 2019. Doing her champion to blend successful with a tweed monochrome outfit, the intruder, who was aboriginal identified arsenic YouTuber and comedian Marie Benoliel (a.k.a. Marie S'Infiltre), joined the enactment of models during the finale. It wasn't until she crossed paths with Gigi that she was reprimanded. The runway star blocked Marie from getting away once information was notified and escorted her disconnected the stage. 

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Model Slams "Straitjacket" successful Gucci Fashion Show

At Gucci's spring/summer 2020 manner amusement successful Milan, exemplary Ayesha Tan Jones protested an outfit that resembled a "straitjacket" by walking down the runway with the words "mental wellness is not fashion" written connected their hands. 

"As an creator and exemplary who has experienced my ain struggles with intelligence health, arsenic good arsenic household members and loved ones who person been affected by depression, anxiety, bipolar and schizophrenia, it is hurtful and insensitive for a large manner location specified arsenic Gucci to usage this imagery arsenic a conception for a fleeting manner moment," Ayesha stated connected Instagram successful a since-deleted post. "It is successful atrocious sensation for Gucci to usage the imagery of strait jackets and outfits alluding to intelligence patients, portion being rolled retired connected a conveyor loop arsenic if a portion of mill meat. Presenting these struggles arsenic props for selling apparel successful today's capitalist clime is vulgar, unimaginative and violative to the millions of radical astir the satellite affected by these issues."

Gucci responded by stating, "Uniforms, utilitarian clothes, normative dress, including straitjackets, were included successful the #GucciSS20 manner amusement arsenic the astir utmost mentation of a azygous dictated by nine and those who power it. These apparel were a connection for the manner amusement and volition not beryllium sold."

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Marc Jacobs Vs. Rihanna

Rumors alleged the decorator spitefully delayed the commencement of his NYFW 2019 amusement to marque attendees precocious for Rihanna's Savage x Fenty lingerie presentation, which was slated instantly aft his. Spectators claimed this hold was unheard of for the notoriously punctual runway pro. The crushed for the alleged shade? Reports claimed it was due to the fact that he'd mislaid the 7:30 p.m. slot, which had go his coveted spot for respective seasons, to Rihanna.

Taking to Instagram, Marc enactment the rumors to rest, writing, "I sincerely apologize to anyone and everyone who was inconvenienced by my lateness astatine our Spring/Summer 2019 manner show. For anyone interested, beneath is not a database of excuses but alternatively a database of facts. I afloat recognize radical person plans, lives, commitments, flights, families to instrumentality to, etc and that I afloat RESPECT."

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Nicki Minaj & Cardi B's Harper's Bazaar Fight

During the 2018 Harper's Bazaar Icons Party, the 2 rappers were involved successful a heated altercation aft Nicki allegedly made a disparaging remark regarding Cardi's parenting skills. In footage from the fight, the Hustlers star could be seen lunging and shouting astatine Nicki. It was besides aboriginal revealed that she adjacent hurled her shoe at the "MEGATRON" artist.

"It was truthful fast!" an eyewitness told E! News. "I heard someone screaming—everyone recognized Cardi's voice. People either got retired of the mode oregon took retired their phones and started filming. Nicki was surrounded by a clump of guards and hardly adjacent looked astatine her. Next happening you know, shoes were flying and Cardi was connected her mode out."

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Jeremy Scott's Political Statement

For his 2018 NYFW show, the decorator made a bold connection by wearing a white vessel top that read, "Tell your legislator NO connected Kavanaugh," declaring himself against erstwhile president Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. The arguable justness was aboriginal sworn into bureau successful October 2018, but it marked a pivotal shift as much designers began utilizing their runway slots to rise consciousness for pertinent issues. 

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Claudio Cutugno Accused of Having Models Walk successful Blackface

During a 2015 manner amusement successful Milan, Claudio Cutugno received backlash for having models locomotion down the runway successful a afloat look of achromatic makeup. The decorator issued an apology and shared his intention—claiming, successful part, that the "black constitution we decided to usage was really a translation" of a achromatic veil. 

"I americium highly atrocious if galore radical thought this constitution would effect violative and besides that I americium racist, but that was not my intent," portion of the connection read. "I americium highly respectful of the Afro-American civilization and highly atrocious for each benignant occurrence of racism. Furthermore, my inspiration was coming from a wholly antithetic idea, which has thing to bash with the taxable of Afro-American culture. I would person ne'er thought idiosyncratic could person find the constitution offensive, different I would person ne'er utilized it."

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Justin Timberlake Pranked astatine Paris Fashion Week

As the *NSYNC alum made his mode into the 2019 Louis Vuitton Paris Fashion Week amusement with his woman Jessica Biel, he became the people of another Vitalii Sediuk red carpet prank. The infamous prankster grabbed Justin's foot and held connected with a choky grip, ending up connected the crushed successful melodramatic fashion. After helium caused rather the stir, information removed Vitalii from the country and Justin and Jessica continued to participate the venue. 

Thankfully, the "Man of the Woods" vocalist had a great consciousness of humor astir the full ordeal. On Instagram, helium shared a representation of himself and Jessica from the event, writing, "Last nighttime astatine @louisvuitton. Human anklet not included." 

Vitalii had besides targeted Kim Kardashian astatine Balmain's Paris Fashion Week show successful 2014.

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Burberry Slammed For Noose Hoodie

The British fashion location was nether fire for a hoodie that had a enactment noose replacing its drawstrings. Following the backlash, Burberry main enforcement officer Marco Gobbetti issued a connection and removed the violative portion from the collection.

"We are profoundly atrocious for the distress caused by 1 of the products that featured successful our A/W 2019 runway collection," helium told CNN. "Though the plan was inspired by the marine taxable that ran passim the collection, it was insensitive and we made a mistake." 

Members of the manner community were speedy to telephone retired the brand. Among them was model Liz Kennedy, who slammed the manner location via Instagram. "Suicide is not fashion," Liz continued. "It is beyond maine however you could fto a look resembling a noose hanging from a cervix retired connected the runway."

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Everything That Happened At The Yeezy Season 4 Show

Fans were excited to witnesser Kanye West's Yeezy Season 4 NYFW show back successful 2016, but their expectations were rapidly squandered arsenic the time unfolded. Taking spot connected 1 of the hottest days successful New York, the rapper announced the amusement would beryllium happening connected Roosevelt Island. Those attending the amusement were asked to instrumentality a shuttle autobus to the show, which they were amazed to find had nary aerial conditioning, snacks oregon water.

Slated to statesman astatine 3 p.m., the amusement had a delayed start contempt the Yeezy models being dressed and lasting successful presumption connected the field. As they waited, respective models began to beryllium down aft feeling exhausted and 1 study claimed 1 had adjacent fainted from the heat. Unfortunately for Ye, the issues didn't halt erstwhile the amusement started. Several models were incapable to locomotion successful their customized Yeezy heels, which resulted successful immoderate ditching their shoes arsenic they made their mode down the runway. 

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Marc Jacobs' Dreadlocks Backlash

With an A-list lineup including Kendall Jenner, Adriana Lima, Karlie Kloss, Kaia Gerber, Irina Shayk, Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadidthe decorator was accused of taste appropriation after having the models locomotion the runway wearing multicolored dreadlocks. Insisting that wasn't the lawsuit and that their look was inspired by cyber goths, Marc addressed the backlash and called it "nonsense," which made critics adjacent more outraged. 

He aboriginal addressed the substance successful an interview, wherever helium said, "What I learned from that full thing, what caused maine to intermission aft it died down a small bit, was that possibly I conscionable don't person the connection for this." Changing his position, helium took to Instagram and apologized for "the deficiency of sensitivity unintentionally expressed by my brevity." 

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Madonna Ditched Her Bra

Always 1 to enactment connected a show, the vocalist made manner week past erstwhile she walked the runway of Jean Paul Gaultier's amFAR manner benefit show topless successful 1992. Donning a formal that exposed her breasts and walking manus successful manus with the French designer, Madge flashed the assemblage of implicit 6,000 radical a large grin arsenic she made her mode down the catwalk. After the show, she said, "I was expected to deterioration a apical and overgarment similar Jean Paul's, but astatine the past infinitesimal I decided it was amended to spell retired topless!"

Taking spot 2 years after the singer's cone bra corset made its debut during the Blonde Ambition Tour, the moment, arsenic Director of The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Nathalie Bondil enactment it, "proclaims feminine power."

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Gucci Receives Backlash for Sweater Resembling Blackface

During the Italian manner house's 2019 show, models walked the runway wearing a turtleneck that galore viewers said resembled blackface. Unlike accepted turtlenecks, these achromatic sweaters were designed to beryllium worn implicit the chemoreceptor and featured reddish lips astir a cut-out for the mouth. After receiving backlash, the institution issued a connection connected Twitter.

"Gucci profoundly apologizes for the discourtesy caused by the wool balaclava jumper," it read. "We tin corroborate that the point has been instantly removed from our online store and each carnal stores. We see diverseness to beryllium a cardinal worth to beryllium afloat upheld, respected and astatine the forefront of each determination we make. We are afloat committed to expanding diverseness passim our enactment and turning this incidental into a almighty learning infinitesimal for the Gucci squad and beyond."

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Bstroy Anti-Gun Violence Misstep

Streetwear marque Bstroy designers Brick Owens and Duey Catorze came nether occurrence for featuring bullet hole-ridden sweatshirts successful their 2019 New York Fashion Week show in an effort to stock their stance connected weapon violence. To marque matters worse, the garments had "Sandy Hook," "Columbine" and "Stoneman Douglas" written crossed them to bring consciousness to America's deadliest wide schoolhouse shootings. 

Critics found the postulation to beryllium insensitive, but the duo claimed the blunt connection was a necessity. Speaking to The New York Times, Duey said, "That's for you to cognize who we are, truthful we tin person a dependable successful the market."

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Giorgio Armani Seemingly Shades Anna Wintour

After Anna missed Giorgio's Milan Fashion Week amusement successful 2014, the decorator spoke out. And portion helium didn't notation the Vogue exertion successful main by name, galore assumed helium was referring to Anna. "There are immoderate who similar to snub the Giorgio Armani amusement and spell to Paris," helium said, per WWD. "She took an airplane, dumped Mr. Armani and went to Paris."

According to the outlet, helium then added, "Why should I ever beryllium the moron [translating from an Italian expletive] to beryllium penalized due to the fact that of a person, who, for amended oregon for worse, similar oregon dislike it, is powerful? I consciousness penalized. She said she was sending her people. But if you spell to spot your dentist and helium puts you successful the hands of his assistant, what's your reaction? They told me, 'She went to spot the Privé successful Paris; she has nary clip to spot the ready-to-wear successful Milan.' She is influential and powerful. But, perhaps, I'm influential arsenic well." 

In a connection shared with WWD, Vogue Communications Director Hildy Kuryk said, "Anna has the top respect for Giorgio Armani and everything helium has done for Italy and manner worldwide." 

"Unfortunately, with the manner calendar present moving for much than a month, determination are immoderate shows that Anna is not capable to attend," the connection continued.

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RHONY Drama

Back successful 2010, the ladies of The Real Housewives of New York City brought their play to the runway during Pamella Roland's NYFW show. Former co-stars Bethenny Frankel and Luann de Lesseps got into a heated statement erstwhile The Countess seemed to take a fewer digs astatine the Skinnygirl mogul implicit her feud with Jill Zarin. Not holding thing back, Bethenny said, "I don't similar you, and I deliberation you're a snake," to which Luann replied, "You're nasty, and I'm not going to bash this here."

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