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‘Disturbing’ ‘ANIMAL HEAD’ outfits worn by Kylie Jenner and Irina Shayk are CRITICAL as designer Schiaparelli is accused of ‘promoting trophy hunting’ at Paris Fashion Week
- Environmental activist Carrie Johnson criticized the Italian fashion house
- The 34-year-old mother of two took to her Instagram Story to criticize the design.
- Schiaparelli insists that no animals were harmed in making the clothing collection.
- Naomi Campbell and Irina Shayk were among the models on the catwalk
Carrie Johnson accused Schiaparelli of “promoting trophy hunting” after she unveiled an unusual line of animal head clothing at Paris Fashion Week.
The environmentalist and wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson posted a photo on Instagram of supermodel Irina Shayk walking in the Italian designer’s show wearing a black dress with a realistic lion’s head on the chest.
She wrote: ‘Gloomy! Real or fake, this just promotes trophy hunting. Gross!
The bizarre clothing line is part of the Italian fashion house’s Inferno Couture line and features the heads of big cats and wolves, but it insists no animals have been harmed in the production of the line.
Carrie Johnson took to her Instagram Story to criticize Italian fashion house Schiaparelli for its use of replica animal heads in its Spring/Summer 2023 Paris Fashion Week show, accusing the brand of promoting hunting. of trophies.
The designer posted photos of the intricately designed and embroidered “animal heads” on his Instagram account.
The caption read: ‘Embroidered animals for Inferno Couture by @schiaparelli.
Representing lust, pride, and greed in Dante’s iconic allegory, the Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf are hand-sculpted in faux foam, resin, wool, and silk leather, hand-painted to look as true as possible. realistic possible.
The Italian designer posted photos of the animal heads, including big cats (left) and wolves (right) in production, stressing that no animals were harmed during the creation of the collection.
Kylie Jenner arrived in Paris for Schiaparelli’s Spring Summer 2023 Haute Couture show wearing one of the Embroidered Animals dresses
He also emphasized: ‘NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED BY MAKING THIS LOOK.’ Femail has contacted Schiaparelli for comment.
However, the environmental activist argued that it did not matter if the designs were real or not.
The 34-year-old has long campaigned for animal rights and environmental conservation and is director of communications for the Aspinall Foundation, a charity that works to protect endangered animals.
The charity runs programs at Britain’s Howletts and Port Lympne zoos, as well as other projects in Africa and Asia.
While her husband, Boris Johnson, was Prime Minister, Carrie championed animal welfare causes and supported the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, which campaigned against hunting and animal cruelty.
She has previously said: ‘I am against fox hunting. Always has been. I even campaigned against it when I was much younger by dressing up as a fox.
Supermodels Irina Shayk, 37, and Naomi Campbell, 52, were among the stars wearing Schiaparelli’s designs on the runway this afternoon, with Shayk donning a lion’s head dress while Campbell wore the wolf’s head on her black attire.
Kylie Jenner turned human heads when she arrived at today’s show in one of the dresses that features the head of a male lion.
Posing in the ruched black maxi dress upon arrival at Schiaparelli’s Spring/Summer 2023 show, she displayed the massive lion’s head, complete with a mane, on her chest.
She wore her thick, dark locks in a sleek high ponytail and accessorized with gold drop earrings.
The mother-of-two accessorized her unusual dress with a black and gold crocodile-style clutch.
Ms Johnson wasn’t the only figure to criticize Schiaparelli for her design, as celebrity photographer Misan Harriman, who previously shot the cover of British Vogue, weighed in on Twitter.
He wrote: ‘Dear fashion industry, this is NOT the way to start the year. no no no! be better
‘Schiaparelli This is disturbing…and yes, I know no animals were hurt in this.’