Marc Jacobs Ends NYFW With Dreadlocks Controversy

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The wool dreadlocks on the models at Jacobs’s Fashion Week show caused inevitable debate—while the clothes were a riotous celebration of club culture.

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Published Sep. 15 2016 8:55PM EDT

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Full marks to Twitter user “PettyRubble,” who, after Marc Jacobs’s NYFW show Thursday at the Hammerstein Ballroom on 34th Street, posted this message: “Marc Jacobs did a runway show with white models wearing fake dreadlocks.

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Marc Jacobs Ends NYFW With Dreadlocks Controversy

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Tim Teeman

Marc Jacobs Ends NYFW With Dreadlocks Controversy

The wool dreadlocks on the models at Jacobs’s Fashion Week show caused inevitable debate—while the clothes were a riotous celebration of club culture.

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