Fashion designer removes collection from David Jones after sex case surfaces
Prominent fashion designer Akira Isogawa made headlines this week when he defected from department store giant David Jones following sexual harassment cases filed against the latter’s officials recently.
Isogawa’s collection has been sold exclusively via David Jones for the past decade. However, his new collection will now be part of Myer’s, a rival company.
Former David Jones publicist, Kristy Fraser-Kirk, filed last Monday a record $37 million sexual harassment suit against the company and its former chief executive Mark McInnes.
Isogawa reportedly phoned Myer personally and asked that he be given a slot in the department store’s scheduled collections launch. A few days earlier, the fashion designer was seen attending the David Jones collection launch.
In an interview, Isogawa said that he’s currently in talks with Myer with this partnership but refused to divulge more information as nothing’s final yet.