Trayon Christian was awarded $45,000 from the company this week. The incident happened in April 2013, when the then 19-year-old went to the Manhattan location to purchase a $348 Ferragamo belt. Barneys employees allegedly believed he bought the belt with a fraudulent credit card.
Supervisors at CVS in New York routinely ordered workers to target Black and Hispanic shoppers for theft and other crimes, according to a class-action lawsuit…
Looks like Jay selling out for Barneys has really paid off. According to Rolling Out: Despite all of the controversy surrounding Jay Z’s holiday collaboration with Barneys, according to the books, it was an overall success. As you may recall, Hov received a plethora of negative press after Barneys was hit with a racial profiling […]
As far as rap music is concerned, Jay Z is arguably one of the top five artists to ever do it. I would not…
Jay Z has issued a statement in response to criticism and a Change.org petition calling for the rapper to “end all partnerships” with Barneys New York. The petition was created following public outrage after the news surrounding recent allegations of racial profiling at the store. Fans have been speaking out, urging the rapper to pull his upcoming holiday collection […]
To celebrate the honor of Iman receiving the Fashion Icon Award at this year’s CFDA’s, Barneys New York creative director Simon Doonan dedicated two of the store’s Madison Avenue window displays to the supermodel and mogul. The display included collages and cutout images of her; while the other showcase a Bruce Weber portrait of Iman […]
