Les abus du monde de la mode affichés sur Instagram

So true to my promise at #bofvoices that I would be a voice for any models, agents or all who see things wrong with this business I'm disappointed to come to Paris and hear that the usual suspects are up to the same tricks. I was very disturbed to hear from a number of girls this morning that yesterday at the Balenciaga casting Madia & Ramy (serial abusers) held a casting in which they made over 150 girls wait in a stairwell told them they would have to stay over 3 hours to be seen and not to leave. In their usual fashion they shut the door went to lunch and turned off the lights, to the stairs leaving every girl with only the lights of their phones to see. Not only was this sadistic and cruel it was dangerous and left more than a few of the girls I spoke with traumatized. Most of the girls have asked to have their options for Balenciaga cancelled as well as Hermes and Ellie Saab who they also cast for because they refuse to be treated like animals. Balenciaga part of Kering it is a public company and these houses need to know what the people they hire are doing on their behalf before a well deserved law suit comes their way. On top of that I have heard from several agents, some of whom are black that they have received mandate from Lanvin that they do not want to be presented with women of color. And another big house is trying to sneak 15 year olds into paris! It's inconceivable to me that people have no regard for human decency or the lives and feelings of these girls, especially when too too many of these models are under the age of 18 and clearly not equipped to be here but god forbid well sacrifice anything or anyone for an exclusive right? If this behavior continues it's gonna be a long cold week in paris. Please keep sharing your stories with me and I will continue to to share them for you. It seems to be the only way we can force change and give the power back to you models and agents where it rightfully belongs. And I encourage any and all to share this post #watchthisspace

Une publication partagée par james scully (@jamespscully) le 27 Févr. 2017 à 10h40 PST

Du refus de Lanvin d’auditionner des femmes de couleur au casting Balenciaga qui tourne au cauchemar (plus d’une centaine de mannequins sont restées coincées dans une cage d’escaliers, sans lumière, pendant que Maida Boina et Rami Fernandes partaient en pause déjeuner), James Scully ne lésine pas sur les détails. Se servant de sa notoriété pour dénoncer et récoltant les témoignages de mannequins ayant subi des préjudices, il est même sacré  « lanceur d’alertes » du red carpet par Vogue US.

Quelques heures après la publication du post, la maison Balenciaga annonce le renvoi immédiat de ses deux directeurs de casting. Lanvin a en revanche nié les accusations. Sur une semaine, c'est plus de 9 000 commentaires qui viennent nourrir les révélations de James Scully. On peut y voir des messages de remerciement, beaucoup de gratitude et une volonté de briser la chaîne du silence de la part de nombreux internautes.

"Maintenant, les filles ont une voix. Je pense qu’il faut continuer.", déclarait-il à Vogue US.