Animal rights activists have disrupted Victoria Beckham’s catwalk present at Paris Trend Week.
PETA campaigners stormed the runway on the as the 49-year-old designer, who discovered fame in pop group the Spice Women, showcased her autumn/winter 2024 assortment on Friday.
Protesters walked alongside the fashions holding up indicators saying “viva vegan leather-based”.
Their T-shirts learn: “Animals aren’t material. Flip your again on animals skins.”
The group mentioned whereas Beckham’s model has banned the usage of fur and unique skins, “it nonetheless makes use of a big amount of cruelly obtained leather-based, significantly calfskin”.
The organisation mentioned it had additionally staged demonstrations on the catwalks of Coach in New York, Burberry in London, and Fendi in Milan this season.
PETA’s Mimi Bekhechi mentioned: “No garment or accent is price violently slaughtering and skinning a delicate and clever animal.
“We’re urging Victoria Beckham to show as an alternative to the moral and eco-friendly improvements out there as we speak, resembling high-end leather-based produced from apples, grapes, pineapples, mushrooms and extra.”
Seemingly unfazed, Beckham appeared on the finish of the present and blew kisses as she hobbled the size of the runway on crutches, which matched her outfit, to applause from the viewers.
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Her husband, former England footballer David Beckham, revealed in an Instagram story final month she had had a “little accident within the fitness center” and shared a photograph of her foot in a boot.
Beckham, who was within the viewers together with their youngsters in a present of help, gave his spouse a peck on the cheek.
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He was sat on the entrance row subsequent to the famend doyenne of vogue and editor-in-chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour.
Her newest assortment, which “reimagines basic silhouettes” and focuses on “easy but advanced constructions”, comprised quite a lot of fits, attire and different ensembles.
This season noticed Beckham go down a extra avant garde path, with sculptural parts and coats with necklines zipped up nearly to fashions’ noses.
A distinguished function was tights, each sheer and white, in addition to high-waisted bell backside trousers – a 70s pattern additionally seen at Chloe.
Beckham’s representatives have been approached for remark.
