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the choice of the late fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, as the subject of the Met Gala at the fashion ball that will take place in May, managed to upset many in the cultural world.
"What happened to all the values and the talk about acceptance?", he was furious.
In addition, today (Thursday) it was announced that a film will be produced about his life.
One of the criticisms that stood out in its harshness is that of the British actress and activist Jamila Jamil, who is known mainly from the series "The Good Place", who published a complete manifesto against the decision.
"This man is the highlight and the theme of this year's Met Gala ball," she wrote to her 3.2 million followers on Instagram, while on the main black and white photo of Lagerfeld that she attached, she wrote the word Nope in large letters.
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"This man was undoubtedly extraordinarily talented," wrote the 36-year-old actress and body positivity activist, "but used his platform in such a hateful way, often against women and regularly until the last years of his life, all while never expressing remorse Either repentance, apology or help to the groups he attacked. There was no explanation for his brutal attacks," she continued and wrote angrily.
"Those groups were women who were sexually assaulted, the whole Meetoo movement, same-sex couples who wanted to adopt, fat people with an emphasis on fat women, and the great damage he did to Muslim refugees in the repulsive way he talked about refugees fleeing their homes to save their lives.
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"Why is this the person we choose to celebrate, when there are so many amazing designers - who are not racist white men?", she raged.
"What happened to all the values and talk of acceptance? You can't stand up for the right to justice in these areas, and then go and celebrate the commemoration of someone who reveled in his dislike of marginalized people. This isn't the 1990s. We didn't fight all this shit, only to throw it all away now Because a white man designed beautiful clothes for stupid people. Well, really," she concluded with scorn mixed with sarcasm.
As you know, the Met Gala is the Super Bowl of the fashion world, and is considered one of the most publicized and desirable events in the world, with many celebrities flocking to it in a variety of fashionable outfits.
The ball has taken place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York every year since 1948, and is intended to raise funds for the museum's Costume Art Institute.
Each year a different unique theme is chosen to lead the ball, and the guests arriving to sprinkle stardust on the red carpet are expected to dress according to those themes.
This year, as mentioned, it was announced that the ball will be a tribute to the controversial fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away in Paris in 2019, at the age of 85.
Lagerfeld headed the fashion house Chanel and Fendi, alongside the prestigious fashion house that bears his name.
Lagerfeld is considered to be an iconic figure, but also one that caused a lot of resentment and anger following a number of controversial statements that he was behind.
They were tainted with blatant racism against minorities, anti-Semitism, homophobia, xenophobia and sexual harassment, including controversial statements against the MeToo movement.
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, photo: AFP
A cluster of scandals in which he found his name starring in the headlines in the wake of them including a statement in favor of the use of fur and leather in 2009, a blatant outing against the singer Adele in 2012 when he called her "too fat", and a controversial interview with a French TV channel in 2017, in which he spoke shockingly about the Holocaust, claiming Among other things, because Germany exterminated the Jews in order to take in refugees.
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