Kylie Jenner attended the Schiaparelli Spring 2023 couture show at the Petit Palais in Paris on Monday January 23, 2023.
While many on social media slammed Kylie for it, the brand later clarified on Instagram that Schiaparelli's dress was made of "moss wool and silk faux fur, and the lion was hand painted to match." The brand further explained:
Immediately after people sparked an uproar on social media about Kylie wearing a lion's head as a show piece, PETA stepped in to defend the Schiaparelli collection. The organization called the animal head "fabulously innovative," and PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said:
"Kylie, Naomi and Irina's looks celebrate the beauty of wild animals and can be a statement against trophy hunting, where lions and wolves are slaughtered to satisfy human selfishness. These fabulously innovative three-dimensional animal heads show : where there is a will, there is a way.
Makeup mogul Kylie Jenner rocked a lion's head in a strapless velvet dress introduced in the brand's Spring-Summer 2023 couture collection. Kylie completed the outfit with a pair of black Schiaparelli pumps with gold embossed toe straps.
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The collection was inspired by Dante's "Inferno" and the Nine Circles of Hell. Russian model Irina Shayk also wore the same dress on the catwalk during the show.