Prada Ordered Manager to Get Rid of 'Old, Fat and Ugly' Staff
THE TELEGRAPH: A senior manager at Prada is suing the fashion label claiming that she was ordered to get rid of "old, fat and ugly" staff in its Japanese stores.

A spokeswoman at Prada's Tokyo headquarters told The Daily Telegraph that the company was currently unable to comment. Photo: The Telegraph
Rina Bovrisse, a senior retail manager at Prada Japan, also alleges that the chief executive wanted her to change her hairstyle and lose weight in order to fit into the company.

Ms Bovrisse, who oversaw 500 staff in 40 stores across Japan, has launched a discrimination and harassment case against the Italian fashion label in Tokyo's industrial tribunal courts.

Her allegations focus on an incident in May last year when she claims that Davide Sesia, the CEO of Prada Japan, allegedly asked her to "eliminate" around 15 managerial staff he described as "old, fat, ugly, disgusting or not having the Prada look," following a tour of 40 stores. >>> Danielle Demetriou in Tokyo | Friday, March 12, 2010