Alexander Wang’s Fall 2022 Runway Show: Who Actually Went?

Let’s address the elephant in the home: Alexander Wang held his initially runway demonstrate since being accused of sexual assault by many males.

The disgraced designer unveiled his Slide/Winter season 2022 collection in the heart of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, in which he set up a total-blown night industry spotlighting local Asian-owned eateries and stores.

Although sipping boba tea (according to Organization of Style, there was no alcohol in sight — a much cry from past “WangFests,” exactly where booze flowed freely) and snacking on dim sum, friends could order commemorative Alexander Wang items, benefiting “the Los Angeles Chinatown corporation’s maintenance and preservation of the historic Chinatown central plaza,” for each the brand’s website.

Much like Wang’s preceding AAPI-focused initiatives, the party was a extremely clear attempt to deflect from his problematic behavior and alternatively aim on a induce everyone can get at the rear of: celebrating the Asian American community in Los Angeles.

The approach would seem to have worked, at the very least on the large-identify superstars and versions who participated in the function.

Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Candice Swanepoel, and Amelia Grey Hamlin ended up amongst the show’s A-listing runway walkers, even though Coi Leray, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Real Housewives stars Lisa Rinna and Erika Jayne sat entrance row.

Also in attendance had been rappers Gunna and Bia, Euphoria actor Chloe Cherry, DJ Peggy Gou, K-pop star CL (whom Wang dressed for last year’s Satisfied Gala), design Behati Prinsloo-Levine, and TikTok star Noah Beck.

Even though the bulk of attendees didn’t seem to receive backlash for supporting Wang, fans took to the reviews part of Cherry and Ambrosio’s Instagram to specific their disappointment.

“Lady we appreciate u but Al*xander W*ng is not it,” somebody commented on Cherry’s article.

“So unfortunate to see that you’re operating with a know predator,” another wrote on Ambrosio’s. “I stand with sexual assault victims, not towards them.”

The show is Wang’s most current try to recapture fashion’s very good graces, a return to the fold that Business of Style described on — and quoted Highsnobiety in — final week.

Much like Rihanna’s Wang-built maternity ‘fit, the crowd at Wang’s show final night suggests glitterati have forgotten the designer’s predatory behavior. But handy amnesia is a privilege Wang’s accusers simply do not have.