Top designer defends Greta Thunberg after attack by fashion’s richest man
- Bernard Arnault, the French billionaire and head of the LVMH conglomerate, said the teen activist has an ‘extremely negative’ stance
Vivienne Westwood designer Andreas Kronthaler hit out at fashion’s most powerful man Bernard Arnault for attacking Greta Thunberg.
The French billionaire and head of the LVMH conglomerate that owns labels like Louis Vuitton, Dior, Givenchy, and pop idol Rihanna’s new brand Fenty, said the teenage climate activist was “surrendering to total catastrophism... that is likely to demoralise the young.
“She doesn’t offer anything other than criticism,” he told reporters in Paris earlier last week as he launched his group’s new green drive.
The world’s second richest man said he was strongly against “her extremely negative” stance.
“What we take from it is that we have to stop growth, which has reduced poverty, raised living standards and improved health in poor regions like Africa.