Louis Vuitton designer declares Trump 'a joke' after Texas workshop visit

Source: Fox
Published: Oct 22, 2019
Author: Janine Puhak
Post Date: 2019-10-22 11:34:04 by IbJensen
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(President Donald Trump tours the Louis Vuitton Workshop Rochambeau in Alvarado, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, with Bernard Arnault, chief executive of LVMH, third from right, Alexandre Arnault, second from right and Ivanka Trump. )

In a dig that went beyond a fashion statement, the creative director of Louis Vuitton slammed President Trump as “a joke” following the commander in chief’s visit to the French brand’s new workshop in Alvarado, Texas, last week.

Designer Nicolas Ghesquière blasted Trump in a recent Instagram post after the president appeared at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the luxury retailer’s new leather workshop in Johnson County on Thursday.

“Standing against any political action. I am a fashion designer refusing this association,” Ghesquière wrote, adding the hashtags #Trumpisajoke and #Homophobia, and sharing an image of the album cover of Evelyn Thomas’ 1984 tune “High Energy.”

The fashion designer appears to have since disabled comments on the Instagram post.

(Nicolas Ghesquière walks the runway during the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Spring/Summer 2020 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 1, 2019 in Paris, France.)

A spokesperson for LVMH, Louis Vuitton’s parent company, was not immediately available to comment. The fashion house has not yet publically commented on Ghesquière’s statement.

Trump met with LVMH chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, Arnault's son Alexandre, and Louis Vuitton chairman and CEO Michael Burke, accompanied by White House senior advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner on Oct. 17, WWD reported.

The opening of the Alvarado leather workshop is part of LVMH’s pledge to create 1,000 jobs in the area as part of the president’s Pledge to America's Workers program.

The U.S. is said to be the most valuable market in the world for the luxury goods conglomerate, which WWD describes as the industry's “most powerful luxury fashion titan.” American spending marks 25 percent of the company’s total business, at over $10 billion a year.

“We are very honored to have the president of the United States. I’m not here to judge any types of policies,” Arnault said at the event, according to WWD, acknowledging that he and Trump have known each other since the 1980s.

“I’m here to work with my brand and we are going to, over five years, have 1,000 people working here and that’s what matters,” he added.

“It’s about jobs, it’s not a political statement,” Burke agreed. “This is about engaging with the president of the United States overriding economic goal of bringing jobs back to the United States.”


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And yet, the little French QUEER didn't make that comment to President Trump's face? LOL, oh well, 1000 jobs in Texas is still much better than those several thousand in NYC that AOC lost. Viton should have built their plant to make Lady Clinton's bags in Bendover, Indiana where one of their ilk is mayor

Who buys this shit except Democrat-Communists and their suck up RINOs??

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#1: Tooconservative    To: IbJensen (#0)

This little French fruit still couldn't stop his boss from building a plant and providing 1,000 jobs in Texas to mollify Trump's demands.

Suck it, frog boy.

Tooconservative posted on 2019-10-22 12:17:45   Reply   Private Reply