10. CROCS
...PLATFORM Crocs, the Balenciaga spring/summer 2018 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Why. Why?
9. Any PETA Protest
PETA activists have protested fashion shows scores of times over the past few decades at many Fashion Weeks. They even rushed the stage as supermodel Gisele Bündchen walked the 2002 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway.
8. All-Inclusive
Rihanna made sure her first Savage X Fenty New York Fashion Week show in 2018 included models with different body types. Different body types!
7. More Inclusivity
Chromat's Becca McCharen-Tran showcased models of different experiences, sizes, ethnicities, ages, genders and with disabilities on her runway during New York Fashion Week in 2018.
6. Oh Baby
At Rihanna's Savage x Fenty show in New York in 2018, model Slick Woods walked the runway pregnant and actually went into labor, later welcoming a baby boy.
5. The Power of Madonna
The singer walked the runway topless at a Jean Paul Gaultier show in 1992.
4. Speaking of Nude
In 2016, Kenzo turned its Paris Fashion Week show into an art installation with nude painted models posing as statues. Of different body types.
3. Political Protests...
Sometimes they sneak onto the runway. Jeremy Scott incorporated this message into his New York Fashion Week show n 2019.
2. "Mental Health Is Not Fashion"
In September 2019, during Gucci's show at Milan Fashion Week, models were propelled along a conveyor belt catwalk in fashionable straightjackets. One of them, Ayesha Tan Jones, staged a one-woman protest, holding up her hands, which bore the words, "Mental health is not fashion."
Gun Violence Protest
In September 2019, during New York Fashion Week, fashion brand Bstroy drew controversy over a runway show showcasing a line of sweatshirts designed to make a statement on gun violence and school shootings.