The association for the defense of animals has published a press release to condemn these pieces from the house of Schiaparelli, presented this Monday in Paris on the occasion of Fashion Week.
The Peta animal rights association has denounced the use of fake life-size animal heads on dresses by Schiaparelli, which opened haute couture week in Paris on Monday.
Models Naomi Campbell, with a wolf’s head on her shoulder integrated into the coat, or Irina Shayk, with a lion’s head concealing her upper body, walked the catwalk at the Petit Palais, while the reality TV star American Kylie Jenner, in the front row, also adorned with a lion’s head, drew the crackle of flashes upon her.
A “glorification of trophy hunting”
“Schiaparelli’s assertion that ‘no animals were harmed in the making of this collection is objectively false,” Peta said in a statement.
Peta criticized that these dresses “glorify trophy hunting” and also denounced the use of silk and wool, materials for which “silkworms were scalded alive and sheep were exploited for their fleeces”. .
Daniel Roseberry, American artistic director of the surreal aesthetic house, explained in the show notes that these faux taxidermy creations from resin and other man-made materials embodied Dante’s “circles of hell”: “The leopard, lion and wolf represent lust, pride and greed respectively,” he said.
