I know it might be useless, or at least exhausting, to rail against every instance of casual misogyny in the fashion industry, but Karl Lagerfeld's out of control.
The designer for Chanel, Fendi, and his own eponymous line recently got into a lot of trouble for making some disparaging comments about singerAdele's weight. He apologized, but he hasn't learned.
The most recent target of his senseless vile insults is the Duchess of Cambridge's sister, Pippa Middleton. Here's what the Kaiser decided to say about her to a reporter for The Sun: "I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back."
That's an extremely mean thing to say about someone. Moreover, it's dehumanizing. The fact that Karl's opinion is flat wrong (Pippa is lovely, duh) is beside the point. Life is not a casting session, and real humans' value isn't determined by how they look. And Pippa's just a formerly normal person who was thrust into the spotlight due to outside factors. She did not cause her sister to fall in love with a Prince.
If you don't like the way she looks, Karl, here's what you can do: don't ask her to be the face of Chanel; don't invite her to your shows; don't dress her for magazine covers. That's all your prerogative. But here's what isn't: publicly humiliating a woman that has nothing to do with you.
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He said: "Kate Middleton has a nice silhouette and she is the right girl for that boy.
"I like that kind of woman, I like romantic beauties.
"On the other hand, her sister struggles.
"I don't like the sister's face. She should only show her back."
As well as being a fan of Catherine, Karl is also full of praise for Victoria Beckham – who has children Brooklyn, 13, Romeo, 10, Cruz, seven, and Harper, 12 months, with husband David Beckham – because of her slim figure.
He added: "She is great. I like her a lot. I have known her for many years.
"She had a career as a singer. She has a beautiful husband and stunning children and now she makes a career in fashion.
"And that body, after four children. There are not so many who have a body like that. She is very disciplined.
"We have the same eating habits. We did a full fashion shoot with her styled as Coco Chanel in less than three hours."
Karl isn't a fan of underwear model Heidi Klum.
In 2009 he was said the multi-millionaire German was "too heavy" and "had a big bust” so could never be a catwalk model.
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