The Fashion Bomb News Breakdown: Zara Accused Of Discrimination In Suit, Andreja Pejic Scores Beauty Campaign, Victoria Beckham Wants To Do H&M Collaboration
In a new discrimination suit against Zara, a former employee says senior staff “exchanged racist emails, including emails portraying Michelle Obama serving fried chicken and emails depicting Barack Obama in a Ku Klux Klan hood, with a Confederate flag, on a Cream of Wheat box, on an Aunt Jemima box, and shining shoes.” In addition to this, the employee alleges that he was personally discriminated against for being gay and Jewish and is asking for $40 million in damages. (The Fashion Spot)
Even though the womenswear version of New York Fashion Week lost Mercedes Benz and hasn’t announced an automotive sponsor replacement, the first iteration of New York Fashion Week: Men’s has signed Cadillac as theirs. For at least the first two seasons, Cadillac will join the likes of Shinola, Amazon Fashion, and Dreamworks as sponsors for the event. Certain attendees will be shuttled through the brand’s vehicles. (Complex UK)
Andreja Pejic furthers the trans movement with another high profile campaign. For her latest outing, the Aussie model fronts a new stream of images and videos from Make Up For Ever. Along with Jamie Chung, Pejic got her own make-up palette, designed just for her. (People Style Watch)
As an update on the developing Tony Award’s story we’ve been tracking for two weeks: Anna Wintour isn’t the only fashion name attached to the festivities this year. American Theatre Wing chair William Ivey Long, who is instrumental in the awards, admitted that the late Joan Rivers ended up having a lot of influence on this ongoing transition to make the event gain in popularity. But amongst the living, editors from Teen Vogue and Vanity Fair as well as the team at KCD have assisted in styling about 130 attendees. The show will appear on CBS Sunday. (Fashionista)
If you can’t afford Victoria Beckham’s clothes, she’s thinking about you. In a recent interview, the star said “I would love to do something like an H&M collaboration. I’d like to work on clothing pricing and I’d like to reach more people, and I would like to offer clothes to people who don’t want to pay designer prices. I want to reach out to that customer.” Though she has been approached with the opportunity with before, she said it’s only now that it’s the right opportunity. (StyleBlazer)
