Thread by @NatlyDenise_

This designer used a 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘 for a handbag handle.

Arnold Putra. #FashionGate

We mentioned him, briefly, in this thread.

Pictured is him sitting with #Ye, Julia Fox, Michele Lamy (wife of designer Rock Owens)

Here sitting again with Rick Owens and Michele Lamy, Paris Fashion Week earlier this year

Oh and walking with Michele

Back to the "handbag" of horrors. Yes, he really posted this. "Alligator tongue, basket bag. Handle made of an entire child's spine who had osteoporosis.....Made in Los Angeles"

It didn't go so well in the comment section...

"The Unconventional" forum-blog reached out to Putra for comment as to how and where the human body part was sourced

This is the reply from the WhatsApp conversation that was had. Basically says that they aren't sure because Arnold Putra travels so much, and obtains trade with various tribes... hold onto your butts we'll get to that part too.

But when news publication site, Insider reached out, Putra claimed he obtained the spine from a Canadian "Medical Surplus"

So... a lot of people were out to snatch his wig about this bag, he posted this story to his G:
He said the "spine bag" was made from
"plastinated human remains.".
.. This
becomes interesting this year because...

Arnold Putra went under heavy speculation of being part of at least one organ trafficking scheme.

Amazonas State University (UEA) anatomy professor Helder Binda Pimenta°a house got raided by the Brazilian Authorities for this alleged #trafficking attempt.

"The Brazilian Federal Police said:
'According to the investigations, the accused sent plastinated human organs to Singapore." sound familiar?...

Arnold Putra denied he was part of any trafficking scheme, though 🌚

It gets crazier though... Arnold has been called out for trying to bamboozle native tribes with counterfeit luxury items for their cultural possessions

He claimed to own a stock brokerage firm, although at one point was know as “an Instagram rich kid”—his family and parents are a mystery at the moment

**ᵈᵉᵉᵖ ᵇʳᵉᵃᵗʰ**
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 "𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘" 𝗔 𝘾𝙃𝙄𝙇𝘿'𝙎 𝙎𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙀?!?!?? 🗣️🗣️🗣️

"Rich Kids of Instagram"... but who is he the kid of? #Mystery #FashionGate

CORRECTION
It seems to be that the “Unconventional” is not a forum-blog, but rather, the site the bag was advertised/sold on.