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Fashion photographer Emanuel DiAngelo is accused of sexual harassment
Fashion photographer Emanuel DiAngelo, also known as Livincool, is accused of sexual exploitation and harassment with a rainbow of testimonies from anonymous models in the industry.
Among the celebrities Eitan Abed is close to - Emily Ratajkowski, whom he calls 'The Muse', Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Kaya Gerber
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Lehi Atar Bachar
Thursday, 04 February 2021, 09:15
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Fashion photographer accused of sexual harassment - Emanuel Diangelo (Photo: Screenshot, Official Instagram)
A month has passed since the publicity that shook the fashion industry and fashion enthusiasts around the world that super designer Alexander Wong is accused of sexual harassment.
It all started from the Instagram page of 'Diet Prada', an account that reveals scandals in the fashion world, but for the major sites and magazines in the world it took several good days to digest the news.
Still, Wong is one of the popular designers, both on the media and on the stars, but when the evidence began to pile up, and the designer finally did not keep quiet, they gave a stage worthy of this difficult subject.
Not much has happened since.
The fashion world returned to industrial quiet, until the next wave.
And here he came, now in the form of Emanuel DiAngelo, a successful Roman-born photographer and owner of the kicking basic brand that calls itself Livincool.
DiAngelo's name does not go before him yet, but it's rare that if you spend enough hours a day on Instagram you do not come across his branded tracksuits or a touch behind the lens with photos in great daylight of famous models and stars like Emily Ratajkowski, Bella Hadid, Elsa Husk Kaya Gerber, Hailey Baldwin Bieber, Kendall Jenner, Winnie Harlow and Rosie Huntington-Whitley.
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Last night (Wednesday), Diet Prada where to do what they do so well - shake the system.
Evidence from at least six models describes how DiAngelo assaulted and sexually exploited them.
"He pulled me tight down to his lap, trying to maneuver with my thighs. I just froze," Fox revealed to me, "I don't know how long I stayed there, but I remember getting up and he laughed and said 'I understand it's too early'."
"He told me 'let's take some pictures now, the light is so good,'" says Sofia, a model who preferred to stay under a pseudonym, "then he started pressuring me to take off my shirt. Although I resisted several times, he literally forced me to take off. "The shirt and at the end also rubbed my nipples so that 'my boobs look good in photography.' I always thought I would be a fighter in situations like this, but I just froze."
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DiAngelo started as a party photographer on the London scene in 2009, but a chance encounter with Karl Lagerfeld on the streets of Paris and one successful photo was another springboard for him.
In 2012, he had already met Emily Ratajkowski in LA, who he now calls 'his muse', a connection that opened the door for him to other models in the industry.
Beyond Diangelo's well-known studio photos and grooming of his clothing brand, he accompanied those successful models who made their name at fashion weeks around the world, at international festivals and sometimes even accompanied them on vacations, all to capture the perfect image that would document the experience.
In one interview DiAngelo was asked how he keeps his pictures sensual but never rude.
"I always remember that concern. I do not like sexual images too much," he replied, "I am an honest, male, Italian photographer - so I have a softer point of view, which makes the woman empowering and ambitious, and not to satisfy the men."
Many allegations against fashion photographers including Terry Richardson, Mario Testino and Bruce Weber have surfaced in the past year, to which designer Alexander Wong is also added and it seems that this industry has really learned nothing.
Men still exploit their status, humiliate, despise women and all out of ego and a sense of holiness elevated from a people that the position they are in in the industry gives them legitimacy to do whatever they please.
As of this moment DiAngelo has not yet responded to the publications.
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