Model Behavior (PLEASE READ POST #1 BEFORE POSTING)

[Benn98]

In other news, Kendall is in the soup once again.

Notorious B.I.G.'s Mom Slams Kendall, Kylie Jenner's 'Disgusting' T-Shirts

Youngest members of Kardashian-Jenner clan are under fire for plastering their faces over rap and rock icons

By Joyce Chen
12 hours ago

The late Notorious B.I.G.'s mother, Voletta Wallace, has slammed Kylie and Kendall Jenner over their latest marketing tool: "vintage" T-shirts with the pair's faces superimposed over some of rap and rock's biggest icons.
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"I am not sure who told @kyliejenner and @kendalljenner that they had the right to do this," Wallace captioned an image of one of shirts with a giant red X emblazoned over it. "The disrespect of these girls to not even reach out to me or anyone connected to the estate baffles me. I have no idea why they feel they can exploit the deaths of 2pac and my Son Christopher to sell a t-shirt. This is disrespectful, disgusting, and exploitation at its worst!!!"

According to TMZ, Wallace's lawyer, Julian Petty, also sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Jenners.

Sharon Osbourne, whose husband, Ozzy Osbourne, also had his likeness featured on one of the T-shirts, took aim at the Jenner sisters as well with a scathing tweet.

"Girls, you haven't earned the right to put your face with musical icons," she tweeted Thursday. "Stick to what you know … lip gloss."

The T-shirts in question were unveiled on the sisters' Kendall & Kylie online shop Wednesday, and featured images of Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Pink Floyd, the Doors, Kiss and Led Zeppelin overlaid with Instagram shots of the model/reality star siblings; they retailed for $125 and had the words "Repurposed in the USA" printed on each. The reality stars have since removed the products from their site.

Reps for Metallica, Pink Floyd, Kiss and Led Zeppelin and the Shakur estate did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

On Thursday afternoon, Kendall and Kylie Jenner posted identical messages to Twitter apologizing for the theft. "These designs were not well thought out and we deeply apologize to anyone that has been upset and/or offended, especially to the families of the artists. We are huge fans of their music and it was not our intention to disrespect these cultural icons in anyway [sic]. The tee shirts have been pulled from retail and all images have been removed. We will use this as an opportunity to learn from these mistakes and again, we are very sorry."

Kylie and Kendall's misstep is only the latest in a long string of problematic marketing and business decisions plaguing the Kardashian-Jenner family.

Earlier this month, Kim Kardashian came under fire for ads for her new contouring kits, which featured a decidedly darker-skinned Kardashian. Critics slammed Kim for trying to hawk her beauty products by using blackface, an accusation that Kim sidestepped.

"I would obviously never want to offend anyone. I used an amazing photographer and a team of people. I was really tan when we shot the images, and it might be that the contrast was off," she told the New York Times. “But I showed the image to many people, to many in the business. No one brought that to our attention. No one mentioned it."

Khloe Kardashian faced her own controversy earlier this month too, after fashion designer Destiney Bleu accused her of copying her bedazzled clothing designs for her new Good American collection (with email receipts to back her up). Khloe roundly denied the claims, calling Bleu's accusations "little more than a cheap publicity stunt."

Less drama-prone sister Kendall caused an uproar – and an SNL skit – in April after the model starred in a TV ad for Pepsi that cheapened the Black Lives Matter movement.

"Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize," Pepsi wrote in a statement at the time. "We did not intend to make light of any serious issue. We are removing the content and halting any further rollout. We also apologize for putting Kendall Jenner in this position." The commercial has been pulled off the air.

Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/notorious-bigs-mom-slams-kendall-kylie-jenners-t-shirts-w490456

 

[lucy92]

i don't think it's necessarily fair to jump to the conclusion she was getting the jewellery as 'payment', nobody is suggesting DiCaprio is an escort for receiving millions in gifts from Jho Low, but because Miranda is a beautiful woman she must have received the jewels for some seedy reason? i find that really sexist and unfair to Miranda and her family. ?

Dicaprio had a business relationship with Jho Low. Jho's company red granite pictures funded the Wolf of Wall Street. The Wolf of Wall Street cost over 100 million dollars to make and Dicaprio had been trying for 6 years to find backers to make the film. It's no wonder Dicaprio was hanging out with him.

As far as we know Miranda has no business relationship with Jho Low.

 

[Littleathquakes]

In other news, Kendall is in the soup once again.

"I would obviously never want to offend anyone. I used an amazing photographer and a team of people. I was really tan when we shot the images, and it might be that the contrast was off," she told the New York Times. “But I showed the image to many people, to many in the business. No one brought that to our attention. No one mentioned it."

Hmm, no one in the industry had any qualms about any possible misconstrued racism? I'm floored.

 

[TREVOFASHIONISTO]

they have not been having a good year with publicity...
I mean even if you dont consider them doing it behind the artist's back, what do they have in relation to these legends? its just stupid

 

[magsaddict]

Dicaprio had a business relationship with Jho Low. Jho's company red granite pictures funded the Wolf of Wall Street. The Wolf of Wall Street cost over 100 million dollars to make and Dicaprio had been trying for 6 years to find backers to make the film. It's no wonder Dicaprio was hanging out with him.

As far as we know Miranda has no business relationship with Jho Low.

Just because he helped finance the film, doesn't make it any less strange to give Dicaprio works by Picasso, Arbus and Basquiat than giving Miranda the jewellery. Considering the first diamond was specifically themed on and given on valentines day, the theory he was merely courting Miranda seems plausible.

 

[Benn98]

Lets not be credulous, guys. Show me the man who hand diamonds of that value to a girl and get absolutely nothing in return??? And not just once, at that. I also find the theory of her 'not going for looks' extremely laughable.

Hmm, no one in the industry had any qualms about any possible misconstrued racism? I'm floored.

Saw that, throwing Ben Hassett under the bus by running her mouth about 'contrast'!
I'd like to believe her friends in the fashion industry who said nothing about the images did that with their own schadenfreude agenda in mind.

 

[magsaddict]

if we're going to go down that path, let's not forget that in 2013/14, Miranda was pretty much the no.2 model in the world in terms of exposure and earnings. I honestly think that with men like Jho Low, who had hundreds of millions of stolen money to burn, and with her profile, the return for the diamonds was simply the chance to spend time with and court one of the top top models in the world. I'm pretty sure if it was anything like what some people are implying, he would not have bothered to choose and engrave diamonds for her. Clearly, he wanted the 'privilege' of romancing her. The super super rich do crazy stuff like that all the time. Whether it's Mariah Carey, Naomi Campbell, Jackie O or Princess Di, rich men courting famous women has been going on forever.

 

[Deleted member 130879]

Again, no one said DiCarpio is clean too. Sorry, but the pretty boy thing he's been living off since the 90s never worked with me and I wouldn't put my hands on fire for him. He has a ton of charities and "projects" going around and is one of Low's best friends and, from a few infos, clients. If all this about Low is true I wouldn't want to be Leo right now. People will start asking questions.

And as everyone is saying: Leo relationship with Low is very well documented, there are plenty of pictures of them together, going on vacations, and so on so on. It was a personal and professional relationship and, quite often, investors gift their proteges with expensive gifts. Leo was Low's golden cow during the movie (quite ironic, isn't it?).

On the other hand there isn't one picture of Miranda and Low together and they were dating for one year, apparently. One year. 365 days. Not even one single picture. No parties, no vacations together, nothing. But they both kept appearing in public, going on vacations,... just not together. There are couples that spend minimal amount of time together but wow, these guys should give lessons on how to run away from paparazzis! Impressive!

If the s**** hits the fan with Low, lots of questions will be asked to plenty of people and I do hope both Leo and Miranda are ready for some court fun. We are not talking about some 1000€ tax evasion here. We are talking about major billionaire corruption involving a foreign government. They received gifts and will have to explain those gifts.

 

[Aizanara]

they have not been having a good year with publicity...
I mean even if you dont consider them doing it behind the artist's back, what do they have in relation to these legends? its just stupid

I feel it's gonna get worse by the end of the year, I mean her biggest fans are tired of her now Whoever is responsible for their PR should be fired.
They are the first to sue people who use their image without their consent, I guess it's karma.

Why aren't they learning from their mistakes? Isn't it so hard to back off for a moment after another PR scandal?

 

[Zposen]

I feel it's gonna get worse by the end of the year, I mean her biggest fans are tired of her now Whoever is responsible for their PR should be fired.
They are the first to sue people who use their image without their consent, I guess it's karma.

Why aren't they learning from their mistakes? Isn't it so hard to back off for a moment after another PR scandal?

I don't think they understand... nor think what they did is wrong. Their mother exploit them for money and her motto is all publicity is good. Each of these artists or their representative should sue the clothing line licensing company and Kendall/Kylie as well. Maybe that would teach them a lesson...

Kendall's career is obviously affected from all this bad press and over exposure I doubt her or her agent get it...

 

[magsaddict]

I could see high fashion brands beginning to turn their back on Kendall, as they are very fickle when it comes to PR. Even though these days the most prestigious brands kind of lower themselves for social media exposure, i still think they don't want to be associated with someone too 'tabloidy'. Kendall was a good in-between as she has the social media reach while being mostly inoffensive to people, but that's changed this year. Still, i think she has years ahead of her in terms of commercial brands and licensing opportunities. My cynical side thinks they knew what they were doing would upset people, and they did it for the publicity from the mainstream media.

 

[dsamg]

i don't think it's necessarily fair to jump to the conclusion she was getting the jewellery as 'payment', nobody is suggesting DiCaprio is an escort for receiving millions in gifts from Jho Low, but because Miranda is a beautiful woman she must have received the jewels for some seedy reason? i find that really sexist and unfair to Miranda and her family. It was right for her to give the diamonds back if it's stolen money, but i see no reason to tarnish her reputation simply because she received some jewels on a yacht years ago.

Models getting caught up in these situations is nothing new, remember Naomi and the 'blood diamonds' scandal?

She jumps from one super rich man to the next while he jumps from one hot young blonde to the next. Both are as bad as each other but let's not pretend either are honestly with their various conquests for their personalities. If Jho Low was a 19 year old VS model, the judgment would be directed at Leo, but he isn't, he is a very rich man, so this is about her.

 

[magsaddict]

Miranda hardly 'jumps', she was married for several years, separated, played the dating game for a year and then met and married Spiegel. Why can't she date super successful men at the top of their fields? She's a successful woman at the top of hers. I think people are just using her vague link to this saga as an excuse to tear her down.

 

[Benn98]

I feel sorry for Kendall because I think she had promise, and backing from some of the industry's most influential people certainly helped. Still, with the right career guidance, she can make a U-turn away from that wretched family and their fame-hungry ways. Fashion loves these sort of 'rehabilitated' stories. She should just decide what it is that she wants to to focus on. Is it modelling, commerce, photography, reality tv, or being some rapper's girlfriend? Because she's clearly not equipped to juggle all of it at once.

For me, the Kardashians are not unlike the 3 Gabor sisters of the 50's. They too were controlled by a relentless stage mother who pushed them into the bedrooms of the most wealthiest and famous men. The Kardashians however are lucky to have been blessed with business managers and the like to their disposal, so they don't have to further their fame on their back. Funny thing is, they still mess up all these lucrative deals with all their copying. It seems that they're always embroiled in some infringement case. If it's not denim designs stole off lesser designers, then it's black culture, or music icons.

 

[fashionista-ta]

i don't think it's necessarily fair to jump to the conclusion she was getting the jewellery as 'payment', nobody is suggesting DiCaprio is an escort for receiving millions in gifts from Jho Low, but because Miranda is a beautiful woman she must have received the jewels for some seedy reason? i find that really sexist and unfair to Miranda and her family. It was right for her to give the diamonds back if it's stolen money, but i see no reason to tarnish her reputation simply because she received some jewels on a yacht years ago.

Models getting caught up in these situations is nothing new, remember Naomi and the 'blood diamonds' scandal?

You make a great point.

And the mention of the yacht is interesting. Perhaps there are no photos because they were together in private locations. After all, there are quite a few 1%ers who are virtually unknown because they value privacy and know how to get it.

It's true that she has a reputation as a gold-digger, but I don't see how that jives with her marriage to Orlando Bloom. He's certainly not standing on a street corner with a sign, but $32M is a relatively moderate net worth if, as rumored, money is all you care about.

 

[eizhowa]

You make a great point.

And the mention of the yacht is interesting. Perhaps there are no photos because they were together in private locations. After all, there are quite a few 1%ers who are virtually unknown because they value privacy and know how to get it.

It's true that she has a reputation as a gold-digger, but I don't see how that jives with her marriage to Orlando Bloom. He's certainly not standing on a street corner with a sign, but $32M is a relatively moderate net worth if, as rumored, money is all you care about.

If the goal is to get a good looking kid: Orlando Bloom > Jho Low. Just saying.

Okay now I feel mean.

 

[vetements]

I don't know but is it normal to receive such expensive gifts over and over again, if there isn't any sort of 'exchange' involved at all, even amongst the rich?

Guess her reputation before just isn't helping.

She makes lots of commercials here in Japan, I can only wait for this scandal to spread like wildfire here and businesses drop her at one go.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ It's only four, right?

Someone was saying that having had these items in a safe deposit box would be like storage of unwanted items. To me that sounds like a realistic scenario. If this guy is spending millions and then adding on top 'size matters,' the chances that these jewels are hideous seem pretty good. If I were in a position where people were dropping hideously expensive jewels at my feet, I would stick them in a safe deposit too, thinking, well, I sure don't need the money now, but if everything ever goes south, I can sell this ugly $hit.

 

[MulletProof]

I always wondered why people feel so worked up about Miranda .. every time I see her in youtube videos or just the internet in general, her presence is followed by comments like 'so fake' 'gold digger'. Maybe it's all lost in me since I still struggle to identify certain attitudes according to the way people mold their vocabulary in English (lol), or maybe it's just that I have always hung out with people deemed as pretentious or fake and I usually really like them, but yeah, I find her harmless.. ..

For starters, it's pretty common to receive disproportional gifts from men when they're in chase mode and have a thing with power, and most women I have known or seen do NOT turn them down (I can count with one hand those I've seen putting values first), they take them because they're either genuinely charmed, feel guilty but impressed, don't care, or are cynical, or find them logical (as in 'yup, that's what I'm worth'), or all of the above.. and this is also proportional to the circles they move in, meaning if you're university students, having someone regularly pay for dinner at a 5-star restaurant is sketchy but not sketchy at all for two, hard-working adults, and when you're the latter, you have to go even more extravagant to make that same kind of impression. Now if you're courting a millionaire that's sent all kinds of luxuries on a daily basis as part of the job (cars, jewelry)... you go for one of a kind stuff... art, gems. Combine that with the "yeah, I feel extraordinarily pretty and have a career that confirms that" complex that Miranda clearly has and voila.

She doesn't strike me as the kind of person you'd like to party with and generally seems rather cheesy, but escort as many are implying? I like more the theory of Leo as a male escort.

 

[Benn98]

^ It's only four, right?

ONLY four, yes. And not all given to her at once, which I think should be factored in.

I wish Miranda's defenders would settle on a narrative for this story. It's either she 'dated' him and received the jewels during the course of their 'one-year relationship', or he fancied her, showered her with jewels, and got nothing in return. If it is the latter, then that would make her a liar for stating she dated him, right? Like I've said before, I think she's trying to legitimise her connection to this man, which BTW the Australian press are calling BS on. And if she's lying about the nature of her relationship, then God knows what else she's lying about....

The image which she projects, that cutesy earth mother with a perpetual girlish smile flogging organic produce and sustainable living whatnot, is at odds with this supermodel who 'dated' such a vile individual such as Low, and accepted his diamonds.

Oh, and Mulletproof, I'd say that these women (or men, actually) who seem unfazed at being valued by material stuff should really have their heads assessed. It's messed up. Anyway, in the real world a guy throws in the towel after about the 2nd or, at a stretch, 3rd dinner date if his advances are not reciprocated. How many times has she received customised diamonds? Bear in mind these are the only known advances Low made in tangible terms. What about yacht cruises, dinners etc etc. Yet still absolutely nothing in return?