I woke up early this morning to read my emails and found this topic about Lara Bohinc’s perceived racism against a Filipino maid. I wonder, did the police interview Ms Bohinc about her comment? I thought racial discrimination in the United Kingdom is now illegal?
Who is Lara Bohinc?
I know that this topic might have been overblown but if we let Lara Bohinc get away with saying this things without qualifying what she meant, then we are acting complicit to her low opinion against maid and most especially the Filipino ones. Where is social equality?
Lara Bohinc should know that these Filipina maids are well educated women who for economic reasons have come to clean the world’s toilets. We do not need to add to their self degradation.
“I DIDN’T WANT TO SEE IT ON HER FILIPINA MAID.”
-Lara Bohinc
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Michelle Obama jewellery designer: Kate Moss is a gem, but not her maid«
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Michelle Obama jeweller\ designer: Kate Moss is a
gem, but not her maid
Lara Bohinc, who designed a bracelet worn by Michelle Obama, says she does not like to
give her pieces to celebrities free of charge.
Lara Bohinc designed the bracelet bought as a gift by Samantha Cameron for Michelle Obama.
Photo: Jorge Herrera
Tim Walker. Edited by Richard Eden
7:28AM BST 14 Oct 2011
Lara Bohinc, who created the woven bracelet that Samantha Cameron gave to Michelle Obama during the
American president’s visit earlier this year, is not a fan of freeloading stars.
“I think celebrities should buy their own jewellery,” she declares at the Jurlique and Agua Spa luncheon at
the Sanderson hotel in London. “I don’t send stuff to anyone.
“Kate Moss asked for a belt once, so I gave it to her, but I had to say, ‘Are you sure she’ll be wearing it? I
didn’t want to see it on her Filipina maid.”
Of the wife of the Prime Minister’s purchase, she says: “It was an amazing surprise. Samantha Cameron’s
people came into the shop to buy it, but they didn’t say who they were, so I had no idea.”
Michelle Obama jewellery designer: Kate Moss is a gem, but not her maid
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