Victoria Beckham’s Paris Fashion Week show disrupted by Peta protesters

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Victoria Beckham’s show at Paris Fashion Week was interrupted by activists from animal rights group Peta, who stepped onto the runway to protest in opposition to her use of animal merchandise.

The 49-year-old designer, who discovered fame in pop group the Spice Girls, showcased her autumn/winter 2024 assortment on Friday (1 March).

The campaigners obtained up through the show and walked the runway alongside the fashions whereas holding up indicators saying “viva vegan leather”.

Their T-shirts learn: “Animals aren’t fabric. Turn your back on animals skins.”

The European president of the group stated on Friday: “No garment or accessory is worth violently slaughtering and skinning a sensitive and intelligent animal.”

“We are urging Victoria Beckham to turn instead to the ethical and eco-friendly innovations available today, such as high-end leather made from apples, grapes, pineapples, mushrooms and more.”

The non-profit organisation stated it had additionally stormed the catwalks of Coach and different vogue homes in New York.

Beckham appeared on the shut of the show on black crutches as she walked the size of the runway to applause from the group.

Her husband, former England footballer David Beckham, kissed her as she walked as much as her household on the entrance row.

David revealed in an Instagram story final month that Victoria had a “little accident in the gym” and shared a photograph of her foot in a boot.

Her newest assortment, which “reimagines classic silhouettes” and focuses on “effortless yet complex constructions”, comprised of a number of of fits, attire and different elegant ensembles.

It noticed a mixture of sharp tailoring, assertion outerwear and delicate attire/

A outstanding characteristic was tights, each sheer and white, in addition to high-waisted bell-bottom trousers – a Nineteen Seventies development additionally seen on the Chloe show.

Beckham’s representatives have been approached for remark.

With further reporting from PA.