Scandalous fashion feuds: Anna Wintour vs Naomi Campbell and more

As mentioned, Anna Wintour and Naomi Campbell don't always see eye to eye. 

Following her comments regarding the supermodel's questionable time-keeping at Harlem's Fashion Row Fashion Show and Style Awards, the Vogue editor left the event, leaving Harper's Bazaar editor-in-chief Samira Nasr to present Naomi's award later in the evening. 

Naomi subsequently said: "I want to say this, everything is meant to work out the way it is meant to work out. It wasn’t my choice to have the other lady [Anna]. I’d much rather have this lady," referencing Samira.

One of fashion's most eyeballed fall-outs was between the late André Leon Talley and Anna Wintour. 

In his 2020 memoir, The Chiffon Trenches, the Vogue editor called his former boss and friend Anna "ruthless" and "incapabale of simple human kindness," after he was dismissed from various roles at the magazine. 

However, rumour has it the pair made up before he passed away in 2022.

One doesn't became fashion's top dog without a string of sartorial spats. Anna Wintour and Turkish designer Azzedine Alaïa first fell out in 2009, after the designer's work was excluded from the MET's 'Model As Muse' exhibition organised by the Vogue veteran. 

In response, the designer pulled the dresses he had designed for a handful of supermodels to wear to the exhibit's MET Ball, including a look designed for Naomi Campbell, who consequently refused to attend the party unless his work was included.

Coco Chanel encountered several memorable feuds across her career. Christian Dior and Cristóbal Balenciaga included. However, her biggest rival was Elsa Schiaparelli. The pair were the most eminent names in fashion during the 1930s. Yet, Chanel famously refused to acknowledge Schiaparelli's sartorial influence, referring to the surrealist designer as "that Italian artist who makes clothes." In response, Schiaparelli called Chanel a "hat maker," nodding to the designer's roots as a milliner.

The drama didn't stop there. Tensions escalated when Chanel "accidentally" pushed Schiaparelli into a candle arrangement at a costume ball, leading passersby to douse her with soda water. 

Catwalk fight! Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks are credited as two of the 90s most iconic supermodels. They both flew the flag for black representation in the industry, yet they are famously not fans of one another. 

Tyra has previously claimed that Naomi did not welcome her into the industry, with the McQueen muse reportedly telling her: "You'll never be me." 

The two seemingly reconciled on The Tyra Banks Show in 2005. Yet, in 2020, Naomi shared an article published by The Things, entitled, Here's Why Fans Are Starting To Think Tyra Banks Is The Real Mean Girl, Not Naomi Campbell. Shots, once again, fired.

While storming the Victoria's Secret catwalk in 2002, supermodel Gisele Bundchen was accosted by PETA activists in response to news of her contract with the furrier Blackglama.  

The animal rights activists were quickly removed from the premises as Gisele continued her walk. 

Before founding his eponymous brand in 2005, Tom Ford served as the creative director of Yves Saint Laurent. However, after five years at the Parisian fashion house, the designer went out on his own, much to the chagrin of Yves Saint Laurent himself. 

During an interview with CNBC a few years later, Ford noted that his time at YSL was far from fun, saying: "I have letters from Yves Saint Laurent [...] I remember one line: in thirteen minutes, you've destroyed 40 years of my work."

Trumps and public tiffs go hand-in-hand. Back in 2016, luxury Italian footwear label Aquazzura filed a lawsuit against Ivanka Trump, alleging that the entrepreneur had copied its designs.

The shoe in question was Aquazzura's 'Wild Thing' style, which appeared to be near-identical to Ivanka's 'Hettie Shoe.'

The dispute was legally settled in November 2017.

One of many inter-designer clashes, Giorgio Armani and Donatella Versace's quarrel was a notable one. 

In a 2015 interview with the Sunday Times Magazine, Armani alleged that the late Gianni Versace, brother of Donatella, uttered a misogynistic comment to him regarding their consumer bases. 

Donatella subsequently commented on her late brother’s behalf, saying Armani’s comments were "rude and tasteless, especially because he is sadly no longer with us to reply." She went on to say: "When my brother spoke about fashion, the only word that ever came from his mouth was glamour."