Wolfgang Joop
He apologizes for statements about sexual abuse
Wolfgang Joop irritated the public.
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In an interview, Wolfgang Joop described the abuse of models as a necessary “sin”. Now the designer is rowing back.
Fashion designer Wolfgang Joop (76) has apologized for his statement on how he used to deal with models. In an interview with “Spiegel”, the 76-year-old mourned the old days in the fashion world, which would have disappeared with the death of Karl Lagerfeld. “This world was so wonderfully frivolous and frigid. Everything was for sale. The agencies gave the keys to the rooms of the models, who did not bring that much money, to rich men. And when a girl complained, it was said: We can open too.” renounce you “.
To the critical feedback from the interviewee, Joop replied: “The fashion world is only really beautiful if there is also sin”. The fact that Joop linked the wonderful frivolity of the fashion scene with the sexual exploitation of unsuccessful models caused understandable criticism.
Sorry for misplaced glorification
Now the designer has dealt with one open letter on social media sorry. Joop did not even try to describe his statements as incorrectly quoted or taken out of context. He only stated that he wanted to settle the “corruption and frivolity” of the fashion scene of the 70s and 80s. The fact that he glorified the “sin in the fashion world” in the same breath he himself described as “out of place”.