Lululemon announced on Tuesday that its gaffe-prone founder Chip Wilson was stepping down as chairman, a move that will be mourned by journalists everywhere.
Wilson raised controversy in November when he said his company's pants wouldn't work for all body types. “Even our small sizes would fit an extra large, [but] it’s really about the rubbing through the thighs, how much pressure is there … over a period of time, and how much they use it," he said.
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That was hardly the only outrageous comment to come from Wilson. In a 2004 magazine profile, Wilson said he chose the name Lululemon because Japanese people can't pronounce it. "It's funny to watch them try it," he said.
Wilson isn't an outlier, though. The fashion industry is known for its outspoken founders and top executives. Among the chief offenders:

Like Wilson, Jeffries has stated that his clothes are only designed for a certain body type. The ugly and out-of-shape need not apply. "We hire good-looking people in our stores. Because good-looking people attract other good-looking people, and we want to market to cool, good-looking people. We don't market to anyone other than that," he once said. At one point, the company didn't stock XL or XXL sizes for women because the brand didn't want overweight women wearing its clothes. After a public outcry, the brand reversed that stance this year.

Kenneth Cole, the man behind his eponymous fashion brand, is known for his insensitive tweets, which often piggyback on major news events. His first such overture came in February 2011. As the Arab Spring was taking place, Cole mused: "Millions are in uproar in #cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is available online..." Cole followed that with a tweet related to gun-control legislation efforts in the U.S. this April, brought on by the Newtown shooting.
"Regardless of the right to bear arms we in no way condone the right to bear feet," Cole wrote. In September, he was at it again with a tweet related to possible U.S. military intervention in Syria. "'Boots on the ground' or not, let's not forget about sandals, pumps and loafers. #Footwear."
Cole told New York magazine that he riffs on current events on Twitter to "provoke dialogue."

The German fashion designer is known as much for his dark shades as his penchant for vicious statements about women. He called singer Adele "a little too fat" and said of Pippa Middleton, "I don’t like the sister’s face. She should only show her back.”

Galliano, a Christian Dior designer, was caught on video saying "I love Hitler" and telling fellow diners at a Paris cafe that "people like you" would all be dead if he was in power. A woman off-camera challenged him, asking if was interested in peace in the world. Galliano's answer: "Not with ugly people." Dior later fired Galliano.
Sunday Times Style editor Katie Grand recalled that Jacobs criticized model Cara Delevingne's height during a recent show: "I was trying to get her in the show, but it was the show in which everyone was very tall and very long ... I remember Marc looking at me and saying, 'Why is that dwarf in here?' and me being devastated."
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