- Kendall Jenner is no stranger to backlash from fans.
- The 22-year-old model is now being slammed by animal activists for wearing a fur coat at a runway show.
- Despite disabling the comments on her Instagram, Jenner has yet to respond to the criticism.
Kendall Jenner is no stranger to “Best Dressed” lists, but her latest fashion choice is drawing attention for the wrong reasons. The 22-year-old model is being slammed by animal activists for wearing a fur coat at a runway show by Dsquared2 at Milan Fashion Week on Monday.
The outfit featured Jenner dressed in an oversized fur-looking coat over a ruffled patterned maxi dress. The “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” star also shared a few backstage selfies with the coat on Instagram with the caption, “this coat! backstage @dsquared2.” Since the backlash, Jenner has disabled comments on the Instagram of her wearing the coat.
While it’s unclear whether the coat is made out of real animal’s fur, animal activists accused Jenner of promoting the fur industry and animal abuse by modeling a fur coat. Though a huge responsibility lies on Dsquared2 for manufacturing the coat, critics are arguing that Jenner is complicit for promoting the coat, despite knowing about its material.
I love Kendall but real fur is for animals not people. It's 2018, we should be banning fur... not promoting it pic.twitter.com/Opft3WfxtO
— Allyyy (@Alaina_Mariee17) January 15, 2018
Stop using fur Kendall! So many fashion brands had chosen to use faux fur instead of real fur and you’ve chosen to model for the one that encourages animal killing! You’re better than this!
— Oana85 (@Oana851) January 14, 2018
Kendall is (unfortunately) one of the most high profile models she could easily say no to the designer without it denting her career it is not unprofessional to refuse to support animal cruelty when so many other designers have pledged to stop using fur https://t.co/HpzwU5Hyjj
— lyd (@lydxia) January 16, 2018
whether people say its the designers fault for making it (it mainly is), she knew full well it was real and therefore is promoting the product. pic.twitter.com/YGKv8j8Jkt
— Sarah B (@12sarah13) January 16, 2018
God that’s pure evil. #furhag
— Harry Frasier Ⓥ (@FrasierHarry) January 16, 2018
Other than disabling her Instagram comments, Jenner hasn’t responded to the criticism. After the backlash over her silence following her controversial Pepsi commercial last year, we hope Jenner takes the criticism to heart and issues a response.
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