Joss Sackler

Joss Sackler
Born
Jaseleen Ruggles[1]
EducationCity University of New York
SpouseDavid Sackler
RelativesSackler family

Joss Sackler is a fashion designer, rock climber and linguist. She is the co-founder of the social club Les Bouledogues Vigneronnes (LBV), as well as a fashion line brand that uses the same initialism, which ceased operations in 2023.

Early life

Sackler was born to a Canadian diplomat and spent part of her childhood in Japan.[1] After returning to Canada, she studied political science at university, and at one time, she aspired to join the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.[2] After abandoning that aspiration, she moved to New York, where she obtained a doctorate in linguistics from the City University of New York.[2][3] She wrote her dissertation on the risk assessment of violent threats made by the Mexican cartels.[4][1]

Career

In 2019, Sackler and Elizabeth Kennedy co-founded the fashion line brand LBV.[5] Their spring 2020 collection, launched during 2019's New York Fashion Week, featured neon yellow and black spandex shorts, unlined lace skirts, and a variety of sweatshirts and sweatpants.[6][7][8] Courtney Love has said that she was offered $100,000 to attend the show. Love, a recovering opioid addict, rebuked the effort on social media.[7][9] Sackler said that it was an "industry standard to compensate talent for fashion show appearances", and once Love's representation named a dollar amount for her to attend the show, Sackler said no, and there was no formal offer to Love.[10] In 2023, after an attempt to enter the mass market apparel space, the company announced that it was ceasing operations.[5]

Personal life

Sackler has a doctorate in linguistics; is a rock climbing guide, and is also a trained sommelier.[1][3] In 2017, she co-founded a private social club, Les Bouledogues Vigneronnes (the winemaking bulldogs), which besides wine tasting, also features lectures, trips to fashion houses, fitness classes and dinners that recognize contemporary artists.[1][11][2] In 2004, she was one of 58 national delegates competing for the title of Miss Canada International.[12]

Joss is married to David Sackler, whose father Richard Sackler was a key figure in the controversial development and marketing of Oxycontin at Purdue Pharma.[13][14] She has herself been addicted to opioids and has pleaded guilty to a felony offense.[15] The couple, who have three children,[14] moved to Palm Beach County, Florida in 2019.[16][17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Keefe, Patrick Radden (April 13, 2021). "Named Defendants". Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 239. ISBN 978-0-385-54569-3.
  2. 1 2 3 Vanamee, Norman (May 16, 2019). "How Sackler Became the Most Toxic Name in Philanthropy". Town & Country.
  3. 1 2 Mulvihill, Geoff (September 20, 2019). "Who are the Sacklers, the family behind maker of OxyContin?". Associated Press.
  4. ↑ Ruggles, Jaseleen (2014). The Degree of Certainty System in Written Spanish in Mexico (PhD thesis). City University of New York.
  5. 1 2 Douglass, Rachel (March 17, 2023). "Joss Sackler's LBV. brand closes doors nearly a year after refresh". FashionUnited. Archived from the original on May 7, 2023.
  6. ↑ Silver, Dena (February 21, 2019). "LBV, Joss Sackler's Club, Launches Fashion for Women Undeterred by Her Purdue Pharma Ties". Observer.
  7. 1 2 Mondalek, Alexandra (September 10, 2019). "Can a Fashion Line Backed by Joss Sackler Find Success?". Fashionista. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  8. ↑ Adler, Dan (May 6, 2021). "The Sacklers Launched OxyContin. Everyone Knows It Now". Vanity Fair.
  9. ↑ Krol, Charlotte (September 9, 2019). "Courtney Love claims she turned down $100,000 to attend opioid heiress' fashion show". NME. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  10. ↑ Waller, Thomas (May 11, 2020). "LBV Relaunches Web Site With E-commerce". Women's Wear Daily.
  11. ↑ Schneier, Matthew (February 20, 2019). "Uptown, Sackler Protests. Downtown, a Sackler Fashion Line". The New York Times.
  12. ↑ D'Onofrio, Marissa (August 20, 2004). "Media Blitz - Monday August 23, 7:30 p.m. - Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa". Canada Newswire (Press release).
  13. ↑ Keefe, Patrick Radden (October 23, 2017). "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  14. 1 2 McLean, Bethany (June 19, 2019). "'We Didn't Cause the Crisis': David Sackler Pleads His Case on the Opioid Epidemic". Vanity Fair.
  15. ↑ "Sackler Family Member Admits Felony Tied to Her Opioid Addiction". Bloomberg. May 7, 2016. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
  16. ↑ Clough, Alexandra; Mahshie, Abraham (October 27, 2019). "Sackler family company pays $7 million for mansion near Boca Raton". Palm Beach Post. Archived from the original on July 9, 2024.
  17. ↑ Grimm, Fred (May 26, 2019). "South Florida shares shame, blame with big pharma". South Florida Sun Sentinel. p. 27A – via Newspapers.com.

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