The 20 Most Ratchet Moments in Recent Fashion History

These events, people, and fails will forever go down as fashion's most ratchet times.

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The fashion industry is a cutthroat world that prides itself on creating startling imagery and pushing the boundaries of beauty and aesthetics. So of course, in the name of frantically chasing these pursuits, things are going to fail miserably, people are going to act a fool, and some wild ignorance is gonna pop off. And these are the moments that can only be described as ratchet.

As New York Fashion Week descends upon us, we are positive that some ratchetry is going to go down before, during, and after the runway shows. In anticipation, we took a hilarious, outrageous, and bizarre trip down memory lane to re-visit The 20 Most Ratchet Moments in Recent Fashion History.

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20. Kanye vs PETA

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19. The Supreme x Three 6 Mafia NYFW Party, September 2012

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18. Calvin Klein Disrupts NY Knick Game

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17. Dov Charney's Sexual Exploits with Employees

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16. Kidult Tags Celine Store for Skateboarding Campaign

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15. Danny Brown Walks McNairy Runway Show

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14. Christopher Kane's Studio is Broken Into, Samples Stolen

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13. Calvin Klein's FUCK Billboard

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12. Brazilian Model Told She Is Too Fat, Dies Two Years Later of Anorexia

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11. David Blaine Swims with Sharks for Adam Kimmell

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10. Marc Jacobs' Spring 2012 Collection Is Stolen

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9. Italian Vogue "Haute Mess" Editorial

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8. Gianni Versace Murdered

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7. Anytime Karl Lagerfeld Opens His Mouth

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  • "No one wants to see curvy women. You've got fat mothers with their bags of chips sitting in front of the television and saying thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions." 


  • "Florals are for middle-aged women with weight problems." 


  • "Vanity is the healthiest thing in life." 


  • "People in magazines are 50% bimbo and 50% pregnant women." 


  • "I can no longer walk in the street. That's over." 


  • "I can do whatever I want." 


  • "I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed." 


  • "I have no human feelings."


  • "I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time."

6. Dutch Magazine Jackie calls Rihanna a "N**** Bitch"

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5. Kenneth Cole's Tweet on Cairo

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4. Kidult Tags Marc Jacobs' store, Jacobs Profits

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3. John Galliano's Anti-Semitic Rant

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2. Publicist Slapped at the Zac Posen NYFW Show

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1. Maurizio Gucci Murdered by Wife's Astrologist's Hitman

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