Marc Jacobs Ignites Fashion Controversy With White Models Wearing (Fake) Dreadlocks

With New York Fashion Week wrapping up on Thursday night, 53-year-old NYC native Marc Jacobs gave an instantly controversial show. But sending a troupe of largely white models down the runway wearing fake dreadlocks will do that, y'know?

According to The Cut, Jacobs was inspired by the hairstyle rocked by the transgender co-director of The Matrix, Lana Wachowski. The designer teamed with British hairstylist Guido Palau to have superstar models/present or future Taylor Swift squaddies like Kendall Jenner, Karlie Kloss, Gigi and Bella Hadid, Adriana Lima, Irina Shayk and Jourdan Dunn wear a rainbow-spread of wool dreads made specially by the Etsy seller Dreadlocks by Jena: