Tory Burch's legal battle with her ex-husband, Christopher, is the talk of the fashion world.
The beef between the Burches is over him trying to sell his stake in her $2 billion fashion brand and her saying that his company, C. Wonder, copied her eponymous brand.
But Tory just landed herself a powerful public ally: Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
Wintour told Vanity Fair's Vanessa Grigoriadis that she's had "nothing to do" with Christopher Burch.
"The person who has been at every single appointment over the years is Tory," said Wintour. "Tory is the one who has always talked to us about her aspirations, and her ideas for growth, how she saw the brand, asked advice on people she might want to bring in—it’s always been, as far as we’re concerned, 100 percent Tory’s business, and we’ve never had anything to do with Chris."
Vanity Fair paints a picture in which Christopher haunts Tory, and she and her staff "cringe" whenever he shows up.
Christopher invested $2 million into Tory's company eight years ago. Since then, she's built a $2 billion empire.
"He is said to pop into their orbit, even showing up at corporate gatherings and saying crazy stuff, like calling himself CEO of the company, but CEO is Tory's title," a business associate told Vanity Fair.
At the bottom of the dispute is jealousy, according to Grigoriadis:
“Chris wants to stay involved in Tory’s life, because that’s who he is,” says an industry veteran. “He sees this as [having] power over her. He’s mad as hell that she’s as successful and powerful as she is.”
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