Ex-employee accused of discrimination Prada fashion house fights nearly $ 800K countersuit

A woman defends against Los Angeles fashion house Prada which is blamed for hundreds of thousands of dollars for the company of discrimination counterclaim is. Gucci card case Rina Bovrisse who attended Parsons The New School for Design and has worked for Chanel in New York, got a job at Prada Japan in 2009, where she had the opportunity to manage hundreds of employees. "I love the way I love the track, I the colors, the textures of fabric love," she said. Within two weeks, but said she did not notice Bovrisse fashion photo taken from the scene. She said she observed his superiors reference workers. "The female employee who just so old, ugly, or not the kind of CEO or HR manager ... they were marked in a class ... they would be gone," she says. Bovrisse said she saw, because they do not fit at least 15 women cadres degraded "image Prada." When she refused the managers Bovrisse said they learned to change their look. "(I was told):" You're so ugly that your are the CEO ugly ashamed, so you will not be presented for all visitors to Milan, "she said. When she complained, claiming Bovrisse she was demoted and eventually let go. "I was called into the office of the CEO of Japan and was told that I brought the negative energy of the company, I'm fired," she said. In 2011, Bovrisse filed a lawsuit in Japan won on harassment and discrimination, but Prada, with the Japanese court to decide which stocks are acceptable for a luxury fashion brand. The ruling angered people around the world, spawning events and response of social media. "Thanks to social networks, things are clear now. There is really nothing to hide," said Bovrisse. Prada is now a counter-claim for nearly $ 800,000 Bovrisse publicly accused the company of discrimination. Undeterred Bovrisse brought the matter before the United Nations, demanding justice in Japan and in the fashion industry. "No one should be in this dangerous environment, just because they want to work in fashion," she said. After hearing the case Bovrisse, the UN called on Japan, unlawful harassment in the workplace, no matter what the industry. The website change.org still hundreds of thousands of signatures demanding Prada file to collect their counterclaim. Meanwhile, dozens of Prada Bovrisse current and former employees have said that they have been discriminated against as well. Bovrisse says she will continue to fight and love an example for all women fashion. "I want to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the industry, because it's not nice," she said. Prada did not want to comment on the dispute. Gucci cluthes Japanese court, a decision on the counterclaim Prada autumn.