Anti-Fur Protest Hits Fashion Shows in Paris
Police officers help a demonstrator to his feet after he fainted during a clash with the police in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Animal rights activists staged a protest against designer Karl Lagerfeld's fur-only couture show for Fendi on Wednesday. The animal-rights Brigitte Bardot Foundation claimed responsibility for disruption — when an unnamed woman, dressed in a fur coat, ripped it off outside the venue to reveal beneath a shocking bloodied body suit, with breasts visible. Other animal rights activists tried to storm the gate unsuccessfully.As couture week in Paris entered its final furlong, the French capital was electrified by celebrity concerts and eccentric, creative designs. But Karl Lagerfeld's fur-only couture show for Fendi provoked disruptive animal-rights protests.
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