As the world battles a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans, fashion industry DJ Michel Gaubert, who produces soundscapes for Chanel, Dior, Valentino, and many more, is currently embroiled in an online controversy for posting a video from an Asian-themed dinner he attended in Paris. In the clip, eight dinner guests can be seen holding paper masks emblazoned with slanted eyes while yelling "Wuhan girls, wahoo". Someone also shouted"the Wuhan girl". They then played the song Wuhan Girl, which says, "It's just a Wuhan girl, talking to a French guy on the Shanghai skyline". The controversial post was deleted under backfire but netizens were able to take screenshots and re-share the video. It also received heavy criticism from fashion influencers Susanna Lau, Bryanboy, and fashion watchdogDiet Prada. "They LOL around with their horrible masks whilst Asians are getting beaten up because of people conflating the origins of a virus with people's ethnicity," British journalist Susanna Lau said in a series of Instagram Stories. Afterwards, DJ Michel issued two apologies regarding the incident. The first one reads: "I am extremely sorry if my previous post hurt my Asian friends over the world."He said the masks were designed by costume designer Marie Beltrami for Harper's Bazaar a few years ago. The most outrageous part of the apology statement is that the party has actually been going on for six years. And every year, party goers have posed for pictures wearing the masks in the video. The following day, Michel deleted the first apology and re-posted it, saying that his first statement was "too hasty". However, in his second statement, he did not explain the mask incident. "Asian hate is not acceptable and I condemn it like any other hate. I have always been embracing every culture in whatever I do and I am devastated when I see what is going on in the world today,"he said. Discrimination against Asians has always existed in the European and American fashion industry, and it has gotten worse over the years. In 2018, Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana was accused of racism over its promotional videos. In another Italian luxury brand's latest campaign, Valentino caused public outrage when it laid out Japanese kimonos on the floor as if they were carpets. Read More:D&G起诉辱华事件曝光者,索赔400万欧元丨Racist deeds deserve losses for their doer Chinese model Chu Wong said, "No matter how big the universe is, there are always some people living in their own world, and this proves once again that a person's cultivation and character have nothing to do with the person's professionalism. How funny." 编辑:焦洁实习生:徐夏童来源:WWD GMA Entertainment Jing DailyClick here for audio and translation of the story