During an appearance on the US TV talkshow "Late Night with Seth Meyers", Wintour discussed pictures of her sitting alone in a VIP area at West's event at Madison Square Garden, in New York where the rapper was debuting his new album, The Life of Pablo, and his Adidas Yeezy season 3 fashion line.
Wintour explained she had arrived early and was "waiting for the Kardashians to arrive and Jay-Z."
"So, eventually, they did turn up and The Life of Pablo concert started and the migrant chic fashion show started and they were both wonderful," she said, in an apparent reference to the clothing on show.
Following the criticism, she said: "I apologise if my remark was offensive in any way. The migrant crisis is real, and I didn't intend to trivialise that issue."
Wintour's controversial comments came after Hungarian photographer Norbert Baska provoked backlash with a fashion shoot inspired by the refugee crisis, with critics labelling the shoot "migrant chic".
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