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Spectators Boo As Fashion Models Sport Nooses And Hoods
Ananova ^ | 9-14-2002

Posted on 09/14/2002 4:39:00 PM PDT by blam

Spectators boo as fashion models sport nooses and hoods

Models sporting nooses, execution-style hoods and body-covering bandages triggered howls of protest and walkouts at Madrid's most prestigious fashion show.

Carrying rosaries or crucifixes, they paraded - and stumbled - to the sounds of a man's voice saying the Lord's Prayer, followed by a woman panting erotically and iron bars screeching as they opened and closed.

Spectators at the finale of the Pasarela Cibeles fashion show last night booed, whistled and called out to the vision-impaired models to guide them after some tripped.

Some in the crowd said the hoods recalled the burqa head-coverings that women in Afghanistan had to wear when the Taliban were in power.

The director of the week-long show, Cuca Solana, got up from her seat and ran backstage in a failed bid to persuade the models to stop the show.

The outfits were the work of fledgling designer David Delfin, who went out on stage afterward and put his hands together as if to ask forgiveness.

Speaking later to reporters, a visibly upset Delfin insisted he had not meant to trivialise repression against women.

He said he had got the idea from a painting by Rene Magritte in which two hooded lovers kiss.

"My mistake is that this was a theatrical concept and here in the Cibeles show there is no way to do a dress rehearsal," he said.

Still, Delfin defended the third fashion collection of his career as "the most feminine one I have ever designed."

Story filed: 13:48 Saturday 14th September 2002


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boo; fashion; hoods; models; nooses; spectators; sporting
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To: brat
Welcome to the world of Queerdom, it's typical.
21 posted on 09/15/2002 4:41:43 AM PDT by iconoclast
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To: Textide
Different show. Pasarela something-else, not Cibeles.
22 posted on 09/15/2002 4:51:03 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: blam
Still, Delfin defended the third fashion collection of his career as "the most feminine one I have ever designed."

Oh yeah? Just wait until he gets into menswear...

23 posted on 09/15/2002 4:52:28 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: blam
Was Chelsea in attendence?

The Milan fashion reviewers think she is "delicious." (no...I am not making that up)

24 posted on 09/15/2002 5:35:59 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: SkyPilot
"The Milan fashion reviewers think she is "delicious." "

Delicious? Hmmmm

25 posted on 09/15/2002 6:42:51 AM PDT by blam
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