Employees have been talking to a reporter about sexual harassment

Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

There was some questions whether this permanent A+ list designer was going to attend the still biggest party.

Apparently several employees have been talking to a reporter about sexual harassment at the company that either involved the designer or that he covered up.

Tom Ford

2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Mario Testino and Bruce Weber Accused of Sexual Exploitation in New York Times Investigation

NEW YORK, United States — In a new report published Saturday by the New York Times, fifteen current and former male models and thirteen male assistants and models have accused top fashion photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber, respectively, of a pattern of coercive sexual behavior. The investigation has been in the works since at least the week before Thanksgiving.

Representatives for both photographers objected to the allegations, and Weber denied them in a statement. The law firm that represents Testino “challenged the characters and credibility” of the people who made complaints and said former employees were shocked.

Publishing giant Condé Nast announced that it will stop working with both Testino and Weber and announced a new code of conduct to protect models from workplace abuses and sexual misconduct. Both photographers have worked frequently and to much acclaim with Condé Nast top titles, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, as well as some of the industry’s top brands, including Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Michael Kors and Chanel.

“We are deeply disturbed by these accusations and take this very seriously as previously noted in our statement [released in October] regarding sexual harassment,” said chief executive Bob Sauerberg and Anna Wintour, artistic director of Condé Nast and editor-in-chief of Vogue, in a statement. “In light of these allegations, we will not be commissioning any new work with Bruce Weber and Mario Testino for the foreseeable future.”

“Even as we stand with victims of abuse and misconduct, we must also hold a mirror up to ourselves — and ask if we are doing our utmost to protect those we work with so that unacceptable conduct never happens on our watch,” wrote Wintour on Vogue.com. “Sometimes that means addressing the fact that such behaviour can occur close to home. Today, allegations have been made against Bruce Weber and Mario Testino, stories that have been hard to hear and heartbreaking to confront. Both are personal friends of mine who have made extraordinary contributions to Vogue and many other titles at Condé Nast over the years, and both have issued objections or denials to what has emerged. I believe strongly in the value of remorse and forgiveness, but I take the allegations very seriously, and we at Condé Nast have decided to put our working relationship with both photographers on hold for the foreseeable future.”
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“[Testino] was a sexual predator,” said model Ryan Locke. He said the photographer met him for a casting for a Gucci campaign in the 1990s in his hotel room wearing a loose robe and “they got into a stalemate about whether the model needed to go fully nude for test pictures.” Later at a photoshoot, Locke says Testino cleared the set and “crawls on the bed, climbs on top of me.” Then-Gucci designer Tom Ford said he was not present and could not know what happened. (A representative for Tom Ford declined to comment to BoF.) – Source