Vogue is standing by its global fashion editor at large, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, after Kanye West’s online attacks.
“Vogue stands with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, our global fashion editor at large and longtime contributor. She was personally targeted and bullied. It is unacceptable,” the magazine wrote in a Tuesday Instagram post.
“Now more than ever, voices like hers are needed and in a private meeting with Ye today she once again spoke her truth in a way she felt best, on her terms.”
The rapper, 45, cruelly mocked Karefa-Johnson’s style choices for not approving of his widely-condemned “White Lives Matter” shirts.
West posted a photo of Karefa-Johnson to his Instagram where she was seen wearing brown boots, a striped knit skirt, a yellow graphic T-shirt and a corduroy trench coat. The fashion journalist accessorized her look with a blue Balenciaga bag, large shades and a statement necklace.
“This is not a fashion person,” West captioned a photo on Instagram, which has since been deleted, adding, “You speak on Ye Ima speak on you Ask Trevor Noah,” he said referencing his feud with the late-night host.
In another post, the hip-hop star wrote of the editor’s outfit, “I KNOOOOOW ANNA HAAAATES THESE BOOTS,” referring to Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour.
After West came for Karefa-Johnson, supermodel Gigi Hadid defended her in a heated Instagram comment blasting the musician.
“You wish u had a percentage of her intellect. You have no idea haha…If there’s actually a point to any of your s–t she might be the only person that could save u,” Hadid, 27, wrote under a post West shared.
West’s insults came after Karefa-Johnson took to social media to slam the “White Lives Matter” shirts West debuted at his Yeezy fashion show in Paris on Monday.
“I’m fuming… collecting my thoughts …,” she wrote via her Instagram Story along with a video from the Yeezy fashion show, calling West’s design “Indefensible behavior.”
“I guess I get what he tried to do– he thought it was duchampian. It wasn’t,” she wrote in another IG Story. “It didn’t land and it was deeply offensive, violent and dangerous.”
West had previously defended his “White Lives Matter” shirt, writing on Instagram, “Everyone knows that Black Lives Matter was a scam now it’s over you’re welcome.”