Fans Accuse Marc Jacobs of Trying to Sabotage Rihanna’s NYFW Show

*Famed designer Marc Jacobs is being accused of trying to sabotage Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty fashion show Wednesday night during the final day of New York Fashion Week.

Traditionally, Jacobs’ 6 p.m. show is last and closes out the entire week. That is until this year when Rihanna scheduled her Savage x Fenty lingerie show for 7:30pm — making her the closing presenter.

Jacobs hasn’t said anything about it, but as noted by instyle.com, he is famously known for being one of the few who starts his show on time. But he began an hour and 26 minutes late. It’s unheard of, the outlet reports.

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TSR STAFF: Myeisha E.! @myeisha.essex _________________________________________ #TSRFashion: #Rihanna made her return to #NewYorkFashionWeek last night, and #Roommates let’s just say RiRi didn’t come to play! She showed off her Savage x #Fenty lingerie collection and it was a colorful show full of music, choreography and a beautiful array of different body types and skin tones. __________________________________________ Now Rihanna served us looks on looks on looksss, but another showstopper was #SlickWoods who flaunted her baby bump on the runway and slayed it, okayyy! __________________________________________ #Roomies, check out a few of the standout pieces from the night, and tell us which ones you would cop! ?: @GettyImages

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This created quite a dilemma for showgoers invited to both Jacobs’s and Rihanna’s shows, especially considering the physical distance between the two venues. RiRi’s event was in Brooklyn. 

NYT Styles‏ called it “One of the most expensive 90 minutes of quiet boredom in the history of media.”

AP reported that Jacobs’s staff blamed a clothing delivery issue, while The Cut‘s Emilia Petrarca wrote that “sewing machines [were] seen being carried in at the time the show was originally supposed to start.”

Fashion News Writer Emilia Petrarca wrote on Twitter: “My first Marc Jacobs show had all the D-R-A-M-A I’d heard so much about… 90 minutes late with an almost-exit from AW… but was a humbling reminder that good fah-shun is worth the wait!”

Peep some reactions below from Twitter and check out the Instagram slideshow embed above of Savage x Fenty lingerie.

Priceless: Rumors that Marc Jacobs held his 6pm show late tonight to spite Rihanna – by making people miss her 7:30pm Fenty show – for taking his NYFW-closing time slot.

— Christina Binkley (@BinkleyOnStyle) September 13, 2018

So Marc Jacobs tried to spite Rihanna at #NYFW and ran his 6pm show late so people would miss Rihanna’s show at 7:30pm……. however ????????… REAL PEOPLE KNEW THE DEAL ???? congrats @rihanna @SavageXFenty on an amazing show!!! pic.twitter.com/USKX9UJk2d

— ᏦᎯᏆℋᎽ (@__missperfect27) September 13, 2018

Living for the Marc Jacobs shade/play by play on the @nytimes fashion Instagram. pic.twitter.com/yMycWxiIJa

— ?Megan Ann Wilson? (@shegotgame) September 12, 2018

Some empty front row seats at @marcjacobs as the show stretches toward being an hour-and-a-half late starting. @rihanna @SavageXFenty show starting soon in Brooklyn, and some editors will be missing it. #NYFW18 pic.twitter.com/vAA3qwy2pa

— @Booth (@Booth) September 12, 2018

AP on why Rihanna was forced to start her show late. It’s because MJ started later than scheduled: “Marc Jacobs’ staff said the issue was an errant clothing delivery, no doubt caught in rush-hour traffic, exacerbated by the rain.”

— Burak (@RihannaDemos) September 13, 2018

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