24 Friday Lifestyle | Fashion Friday, January 26, 2018 Couture designer Sergeenko faces cool as these guys who sing it.” The house wouldn’t comment to backlash over racist slur AP. “It’s really shocking to see comments from people you ad- Model Naomi Campbell criticized prominent Paris-based de- mire. Are they detached from reality? It’s not fun to be a racist signer Ulyana Sergeenko for casually using a racist slur. Russian or a bigot,” said Bryan Grey Yambao, also known as Bryanboy, Sergeenko handwrote a note addressed to “my n - -s in Paris” a Filipino fashion blogger. alongside a smiley to her friend, blogger Miroslava Duma, who It’s not the first time that racism-tinged controversy has posted a photo of the note online Monday. Sergeenko, whose rocked Paris fashion week. In 2015, shoe giant Timberland sev- new collection was shown Tuesday, said the reference was in- ered all ties with French menswear company APC after its house spired by a Kanye West track with the same title. founder Jean Touitou used the N-word in a live narration at the Campbell was among those shocked and wrote “this better APC menswear show - reportedly, again, in homage to West. not be real” in reply. Sergeenko posted an apology Tuesday that “Have people not learned their lessons?” Yambao asked. made matters worse saying “and yes, we call each other the N word sometimes when we want to believe that we are just as Models present creations by Jean Paul Gaultier during the 2018 spring/summer Haute Couture collection fashion show. Models present creations by Lebanese designer Georges Hobeika during the 2018 spring/summer Haute Couture collection on January 22, 2018 in Paris..