Amy Winehouse’s Dad Attacks Jean Paul Gaultier’s Couture Tribute

Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture collection was deemed a thoughtful tribute to the late Amy Winehouse — a portrayal of the singer at the apex of her profession. Despite the fact that Gaultier admitted that he’d never ever met Amy, he stated their “styles had been related” and that he intended the tribute to be a “joyous” reflection of her iconic fashion sense. But the singer’s father, Mitch Winehouse, said the show was terribly upsetting for him and his family members.

He tells British newspaper the Sun:

The family had been upset to see these pictures, they were a total shock. We’re still grieving for her loss, and we’ve had a difficult week with the six month anniversary of Amy’s death. To see her image lifted wholesale to sell clothes was a wrench we had been not expecting or consulted on … We’re proud of her influence on fashion but come across black veils on models, smoking cigarettes with a barbershop quartet singing her music in bad taste. It portrays a view of Amy when she was not at her best and glamorises some of the far more upsetting occasions in her life. That’s upsetting for her loved ones.

Though couture is hardly a extremely profitable enterprise, it’s nonetheless a commercial 1, and it’s understandable that the loved ones may be upset by Gaultier’s incorporation of Winehouse’s image. Mitch Winehouse maintains that Gaultier must make a donation to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a fund produced to assist troubled youth.