(ANSA) - NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 19 - #MeToo storm on Alexander Wang: a dozen models and a trans model accuse the Taiwanese-born American stylist of having stretched his hands by taking advantage of the darkness, the excitement and the glamor of the New York nightlife, the same scene that has helped former Balenciaga creative director build his empire over the past decade.
The first allegations had come to light at the end of last year.
A post on TikTok by British model Owen Mooney who had accused Wang of being harassed in 2017 in a New York club, was followed by similar stories, many of which anonymous, shared and amplified on Instagram accounts such as @ shitmodelmanagement and Diet Prada, dedicated to collecting examples of exploitation in the fashion industry.
Backed by Anna Wintour and Diane von Furstenberg and often mentioned as one of the "new pioneers" capable of taking American fashion beyond the era of Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren and CalvinKlein, Wang had called Mooney's accusations "baseless and grotesquely false".
Since then, however, the cause of the alleged victims has been taken to heart by Lisa Bloom: the lawyer who helped get Bill O'Reilly from Fox - writes the New York Times - has agreed to represent ten men who would like to put the 37-year-old designer on the bench. of the accused.
Wang in turn hired two high-profile lawyers, EricGeorge and Andrew Brettler, and on February 12, just days before the start of Fashion Week, his official website posted a video for the Lunar New Year.
Among the accusers of the designer have come out in the open Gia Garison, a trans model, and David Casavant, a designer and fashion archivist, who occasionally worked for Wang and met him socially at parties and in local.
Similar stories: in one case from Slake, in the other at the Green Room in Brooklyn.
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