Nobody was shocked to see Patricia Arquette win yet another prestigious award at Sunday night’s Emmys.
But some were stunned by what she was carrying at the awards show— a bag by fashion designer Joss Sackler.
As Page Six has reported, celebrities including Courtney Love have recently shunned Sackler’s LBV line since Sackler is part of the family behind Purdue Pharma — which has infamously made billions from OxyContin and allegedly fueled the opioid epidemic. Sackler’s married to scion and former board member, David Sackler.
So it raised eyebrows in the fashion world when Arquette — whose brother David has struggled with addiction — was carrying a dramatic LBV purse on the red carpet before the ceremony. It’s not clear if Arquette, who won an Emmy for her role in “The Act,” or her handlers were aware of the piece’s provenance, but reps for the actress and a person who’s previously been listed as her stylist didn’t get back to us when we asked for comment.
In 1999, David told Premiere magazine (as quoted in People), “[Heroin is] a horrible, evil drug … It wipes away all your problems from the surface, making them so much worse on the other end … It has taken way too many lives. There’s no good times on heroin, no family, no friends.”
After Love declined an offer of more than $100,000 to appear at Sackler’s Fashion Week show, the rock star told us, “I am one of the most famous reformed junkies on the planet — my husband died on heroin — What is it about me that says to Joss Sackler, ‘I will sell out to you?’ Well, I won’t.”
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