After debuting his Emporio Armani Fall 2020 collection during Milan Fashion Week,Giorgio Armani put fellow fashion designers on blast for pressuring models to pose for provocative and risqué shoots.
“I am thinking of certain ads where women are shown in a provocative way, half naked, and many women feel pressured into looking like that. That for me is rape. It’s unbefitting,” the designer continued.
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Armani also had a message to fashion journalists, urging them to speak with designers’ about their collections rather than trying to pigeonhole their runway looks into trend buckets.
Kate Moss, who regularly went without clothes as a teen in fashion shoots, revealed in September 2018 that shenever actually felt comfortable stripping down.
“Yeah there was pressure [to pose topless],” Moss toldMegyn Kellyin an interview. “I worked with a woman photographer, Corinne Day, and she always liked me with no top on. And I did not like it at all when I first started. [Photographer]Mario [Sorrenti]was my boyfriend so I was kind of used to it, but I still was always like, ‘Can I just put some clothes on?’ But that was the job and so we kind of just did it.”
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However, now Moss thinks young models have more of a choice when it comes to posing nude than she did when she first started. “They don’t have to do it if they don’t want to do it. I wouldn’t let my daughter do it. I look at her now and she is 15 and to think I was going topless at her age, it’s crazy,” the supermodel said.
Since the start of #MeToo, multiple high-profile fashion photographers have come under fire for their behavior towards models.
Starting in October 2017, Condé Nast reportedlyblacklisted fashion photographer Terry Richardson, who has photographed everyone fromRihannatoMiley Cyrus,from working with magazines such asVogue,Vanity FairandGQin the wake of years of sexual harassment allegations. Richardson has denied engaging in any non-consensual sexual activity with models.
In January 2018, an exposé inThe New York TimesaccusedMario Testinoand Bruce Weber ofsexually harassingmore than a dozen male assistants and models.
According to theTimes, the male models and assistants detailed allegations of sexual harassment against Testino — who has done photo shoots with such celebrities asPrince William,Princess KateandSerena Williams— that included unwanted sexual advances, groping and masturbation.
“I have used common breathing exercises and professionally photographed thousands of nude models over my career, but never touched anyone inappropriately. Given my life’s work, these twisted and untrue allegations are truly disheartening. I’ve been taking pictures for over 40 years and have the utmost respect for everyone I’ve ever photographed. I would never, ever, try to hurt anyone or prevent someone from succeeding — it’s just not in my character,” he continued.
source: people.com
