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Welcome back to another episode of “Kalling Out Kylie.” On today’s episode, Kylie gets dragged for not giving designers their due credit. Again.
The 23-year-old, who recently celebrated a birthday, posted her daily thirst trap on IG yesterday with the caption, “thank you my love @olivier_rousteing for the most perfect bday dress.” Innocent enough, right? Nope. Little did Ms. Lip Kit know, but she set herself up for a public drag.
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Micheal Costello Calls Kylie Out
It appears designer Michael Costello had time because the Project Runway All-Star told her about herself in a lengthy comment that slammed her for not giving credit to “no-name designers who wrote tirelessly around the clock” though she doesn’t tag them, unless she’s secured the bag, of course. Tea.
He continued, writing, “But it’s sad that designers work so so so so hard on these opportunities to dress these gorgeous popular women and they only tag the major high-end designers like Oliver but forget about the other ones … why not tag at least one?”
This comes on the heels of just last month, when Stormi’s mom, again, failed to tag Black designer, Loundbrand Studios, in a post that featured one of their dresses. Her fans (and Black twitter) called her out for not giving the brand credit, which was extra-shady given what the Black community had endured in the previous months, and the subsequent call to support Black businesses. Eventually, the not-billionaire tagged the designer, denying any aforementioned refusal to do so.
I guess my only question is when will sis learn? It takes 5 seconds to tag someone on IG. If she’s already spending God knows how long to apply filters and draft her (oftentimes weak) captions, why not take a little more time to potentially make a designer’s career? Why does she need to be paid in order to do so? She’s an almost billionaire! And why am I getting so mad about this?
Oh, I know why. Because it’s wrong, and upsetting me and my homegirls. Hopefully, she’s finally learned her lesson and starts being a little more Jenner-ous with her platform. See what I did there?