Marc Jacobs criticized for having models wear wool dreadlocks on runway
 

Marc Jacobs criticized for having models wear wool dreadlocks on runway
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After closing out New York Fashion Week on Thursday, Marc Jacobs is under fire for cultural appropriation.

The designer was widely slammed on social media for having his show's predominantly white models, including Karlie Kloss and Gigi Hadid, wear brightly-colored wool dreadlocks.

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"Okay but like y'all think black people w/ dreads are thugs and gross but when a white person does it for marc jacobs it's fashion?" one user wrote. Other people argued it was irresponsible to call the dreadlocks on the models "high fashion" when many black women, even celebrities like Zendaya, are subject to unfair criticism for wearing the same style. Read more...

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