It seems that soon in the world of show business there will be no men who would not be accused of sexual harassment. The other day in the center of the scandal was the patriarch of fashion industry 74-year-old photographer Patrick Demarchelier. In his creative piggy bank you can find photos of such celebrities as Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Natalia Vodyanova. At one time the French master was considered a personal photographer of Diana herself, the Princess of Wales.
The Boston Globe published a story in which 50 models, who wished to remain incognito, spoke about the negative experience of cooperation with 25 photographers, agents, stylists, impresario and other participants in the fashion industry.
Against the gray-haired meter of photography, several models and his personal assistant appeared at once. She told that Demarchelier had been persistently paying attention to her for a long time, and the woman had to succumb to the boss's persuasions. She was just afraid of losing her job ...
Excuses and consequences
Mr. Demarchelier, as well as his "comrades in misfortune" rejected all accusations of harassment. Here, as the photographer commented on the statements of models about his harassment:
"I know that people like to lie and tell lies."
Maybe Patrick Demarchelier can not justify himself, or the arguments against him were too convincing - the Condé Nast publishing house reported that he was stopping business with him:
"We have informed Patrick that we do not plan to continue working with him in the near future."Read also
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Recall that in October last year Condé Nast unveiled an updated Code of Conduct. This was a natural reaction to the numerous scandals associated with incorrect behavior in the fashion industry. The statement said that there was no indecent and offensive behavior, and there could be no justifications.