The creative director at Louis Vuitton referred to President Trump as “a joke” just days after Trump visited one of the company’s new workshops in Texas.
In a Sunday Instagram post, Nicolas Ghesquiere railed against the president and said he doesn’t want to be associated with Trump.
“Standing against any political action. I am a fashion designer refusing this association,” the 48-year-old designer wrote, adding the hashtags “#trumpisajoke” and “#homophobia.” The post included a cover photo of the 1984 song High Energy by Evelyn Thomas.
Trump appeared at the ribbon-cutting of the luxury brand’s workshop in Alvarado, Texas, last Thursday. He was at the event with Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA.
“We are very honored to have the president of the United States. I’m not here to judge any types of policies,” Arnault said. “I’m here to work with my brand and we are going to, over five years, have 1,000 people working here, and that’s what matters.”
Trump later attended a “Make America Great Again” rally in Dallas that same day.
