Yesterday, Marc Jacobs closed out New York Fashion Week with his '90s-era rave-inspired spring 2017 collection. The show included gorgeous clothes with a Deee-Lite flair (shiny metallic hot pants and leggings, thigh-high rainbow socks) and a cast of mostly white models―including Kendall Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid, and Adriana Lima―styled with colorful faux dreadlocks. The styling drew instant criticism for its appropriation of black beauty and culture.

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The inspiration behind the beauty look hairstylist Guido Palau created for Jacobs was, he explained, "ravers, acid house, travelers, Boy George, [the singer] Marilyn in the '80s, Harajuku girls"—with no mention of the hair's cultural roots.

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Critics took to Instagram to share their thoughts on the official Marc Jacobs brand's account, and the designer himself responded from his personal account:

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Jacobs' response did little to remedy the situation. "There are so many things wrong with this," Julee Wilson writes at Essence. "The fact that Jacobs is comparing a texture of hair to a hairstyle that is undoubtedly tied to an ethnicity and culture is extremely ignorant. In addition, his blind disregard for the origins of locs is futher proof that the backlash he is facing is warranted."

Marc Jacobs has yet to respond to the criticism.

From: ELLE US