American rapper Kanye West’s latest fashion show had sparked a huge controversy after he debuted his “White Lives Matter,” sweatshirts, prompting celebrities to allegedly walk out of his show. Know who is Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, her age and bio
As per a Vogue editor, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, who attended the event the shirts were “indefensible” “dangerous” and “violent.
Know Who Is Gabriella Karefa-Johnson Vogue Editor, Biography (Bio), Age, Height, Family, Career, Net Worth 2022, Ye Instagram Controversy Drama
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson’s age is 30 as of 2021 and her height is 5 feet 9 inches.
Gabriella Karefa-Johnson is a New York-based fashion editor and creative director and has held numerous positions with high-end companies including:
Vogue Magazine
Teen Vogue
Allure Magazine
Elle Magazine
WWD
Moda Operandi
Karefa-Johnson attended Barnard College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art and in 2011, she was the first assistant to Julia Sarr-Jamois from Wonderland Magazine and from there, went on to work as an Associate Fashion Director at Vogue Magazine for four years.
Karefa-Johnson is a contributor to Vogue and in 2021, she became the first Black woman to style a cover for the iconic magazine and has styled celebrities like Vice President Kamala Harris, Selena Gomez, Paloma Elsesser, Serena Williams and Amanda Gorman. Her parents’ names are not known with her net worth at $1.5 million.
In October, Karefa-Johnson was named one of Business of Fashion’s Top 500 people shaping the global fashion industry in 2022.
On Monday, October 3, the rapper debuted the shirts, which he and conservative Black commentator Candace Owens modeled during the YZYSZN9 fashion event at Paris Fashion Week.
Vogue issues statement defending their global fashion editor, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, after Kanye West mocked her in several social media posts:
“Vogue stands with Gabriella Karefa-Johnson… She was personally targeted and bullied. It is unacceptable,” pic.twitter.com/SuLrIz7O7U
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 4, 2022
So repulsive to see Kanye West dedicating his time/Instagram to ripping Gabriella Karefa-Johnson to shreds considering how thoughtfully she engaged with the statement he made at his show. https://t.co/rHIJxQRDgR pic.twitter.com/yaxSUfkSpj
— Brodie Lancaster (@brodielancaster) October 4, 2022
Gigi Hadid slams Kanye West for coming after Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson:
“You're a bully and a joke.” pic.twitter.com/EyqdTWpXMB
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 4, 2022
Candace recently in a statement called the ex wife of the rapper, Kim Kardashian a “prostitute.”
The ‘White Lives Matter,’ a movement that came in response to the ‘Black Lives Matter,’ which gained ground after a fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.
West took to his Instagram and attempted to discredit the Vogue editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson in a series of posts as he wrote, “this is not a fashion person” before sharing the ominous text “this means war”.
He also shared an exchange of texts with a person named Mowalola, who’s presumably a fashion designer, who texted West to “not insult the writer” and who urged him to “have a real conversation”.
However, in response to the West’s posts, Gabriella also took to her social media platform and shared a footage from Ye’s show as she captioned, “Here come the bulls**t. I’m fuming.”
She further added, “indefensible behavior,” as she called the collection “deeply offensive, violent, and dangerous.”
In response to her posts, West again took to his social media and wrote, “You speak on Ye Ima speak on you Ask Trevor Noah.”
He also shared a picture of Johnson’s Timberland boots and went on to say that, “I KNOOOOOOW ANNA HAAAATES THESE BOOTS,” referring to Vogue Editor Anna Wintour.
He further shared a screenshot of the stylist’s Instagram profile and captioned “Broke the processor When the computer can’t read the code This is a droid,” later he concluded it by saying, “This means War.”
Meanwhile West continued to write on his Instagram story, “Everyone knows Black Lives Matter was a scam. Now it’s over. You’re welcome.”
Now the news is swirling around that the rapper and the Vogue editor have settled their feud as the rapper said, “Gabby is my sister. I’m not letting people go to bed thinking I didn’t meet with Gabrielle at 5pm today for 2 hours then we went to dinner at [Ferdi].”
He further penned down, “She expressed that her company did not instruct her to speak on my t-shirt expression.”
Most notably the rapper claimed that he and Karefa-Johnson “apologized to each other for the way we made each other feel we actually got along and have both experienced the fight for acceptance in a world that’s not our own.”