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Fashion Designer's Winehouse Tribute Slammed -- Is It Distasteful?
Mega designer Jean Paul Gaultier debuted his new collection at Paris Fashion Week with a Amy Winehouse tribute -- but those who knew the late singer are not happy about it.
The designer paid homage to the singer, who died from alcohol poisoning last July, by styling his models just like her.
The catwalkers hit the runway with her signature beehive hair-do, drastic eye makeup, cigarettes and, in some cased, black veils. A barbershop quartet also sang "Rehab" as they walked.
Winehouse's father, Mitch, is speaking out about the show now -- slamming it for being "in bad taste" on his Twitter.
He also told The Sun "To see her image lifted wholesale to sell clothes was a wrench we were not expecting or consulted on ... We're still grieving for her loss, and we've had a difficult week with the six-month anniversary of Amy's death."
Amy's good friend Kelly Osbourne also chimed in on Gaultier's show, tweeting "Exploitation=evil" and "Although @JPGaultier was paying homage to my dear friend & icon to the world i found it to be lucratively selfish and distasteful!"
Despite the bad taste it left in her mouth, Kelly still gave the designer praise, adding "its not ugly i heart the collection it was just distastefully executed its 2 soon."
Check out the runway show above. Do you think it crossed the line?
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Comments (3)
jaha: 27 days ago
I guess in the world of gothic hair, tatoos and previous over indulgence in drugs Kelly is now the voice of the word exploitation? Please, someone sit her down wash her body off and die her hair, and for the father love how he's being a father after his daughters death. These two are hanging out with Demi Moore and the Red Bull cases. It was a tribute people get over it. This is an artist.
Gia: 26 days ago
A stick with a needle stuck in it would of been a lot cheaper!!
Grey: 23 days ago
Disrespectful?, to who?, The crack smoking, alcoholic, waste case!? Yeah right!
and what makes that scanky cow Kelly O think she knows anything about fashion or anything else for that matter? If it wasn't for her daddy, she would be a bigger no body than she is now, and we would all be spared her pathetic attempts at celebrity!