Julia Fox responds to criticism after walking in Alexander Wang's NYC fashion show: 'We need to leave room for rehabilitation'

• Alexander Wang held a runway show in New York City on Wednesday.
• Julia Fox responded to critics who took fault with her walking in Wang's show.

Julia Fox responded to criticism over her appearance in Alexander Wang's first New York City fashion show following 2020 sexual-assault allegations.

Though Wang isn't listed on the official New York Fashion Week calendar, he hosted a runway show on Wednesday titled "Cupid's Door." Fox, 33, was among those who modeled Wang's designs, wearing a sparkling sheer dress and panties.

Following the fashion show, the official Alexander Wang TikTok account shared a video of the beauty influencer Nikita Dragun interviewing Fox. The video garnered more than 687,000 views and included comments from TikTok users who slammed Fox for working with Wang, according to a screenshot by BuzzFeed.

"Julia," one person wrote. "Doesn't walking for Alexander Wang go against everything you stand for???"

Fox replied in a now-deleted comment: "2b frank i love cancel culture but we do need to leave room for rehabilitation & for those who put in the work & heal & learn from their mistakes."

Representatives for Fox and Wang did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Wang faced allegations from 11 men and transgender women in 2020, UK Glamour reported.

The designer first received backlash in December 2020 when the Instagram accounts Diet Prada and Shit Model Management shared screenshots of social-media users accusing Wang of sexual assault. Though some of the allegations were anonymous, two people — Nick Ward and Owen Mooney — made public allegations against the designer.

In a December 2020 statement to Insider, Ward alleged that Wang grabbed his crotch while he attended a DJ set in New York in 2017. Ward told Insider that Wang was with a group of people at the time.

"As he was passing, he swung, squeezed me, and kept walking," Ward's statement continued. "They were moving pretty quickly through, so by the time I realized what happened, I just announced to my friend, 'That guy just grabbed my dick,' and they're all like, 'That was Alexander Wang.'"

Mooney shared a similar story on TikTok the same month, where he said he was at a New York City nightclub in 2017 and alleged that Wang touched his leg and crotch.

Wang has denied the allegations in a statement to Insider in December 2020 before posting another statement to his Instagram account in January 2021.

"I'd like to take the opportunity to connect directly with the people who have followed and supported the brand and me over the years and address the recent false, fabricated and mostly anonymous accusations against me," Wang wrote in the now-deleted post. "These baseless allegations were started on social media by sites which repeatedly disregarded the value and importance of evidence or fact checking."

In March 2021, Wang issued an apology on his Instagram account.

"I've listened carefully to what they had to say," Wang wrote. "It was not easy for them to share their stories, and I regret acting in a way that caused them pain."

He added: "While we disagree with some of the details of these personal interactions, I will set a better example and use my visibility and influence to encourage others to recognize harmful behaviors."

Aside from Wednesday's New York show and a brief return in April 2022 with a runway show in Los Angeles, Wang has remained out of the public eye, CNN reported.