Fashion brand faces backlash for school shooting-themed sweatshirts

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Fashion brand faces backlash for school shooting-themed sweatshirts
 By Sophie Lewis    September 17, 2019 / 10:08 PM / CBS News

A New York-based fashion brand is facing backlash on social media following its most recent fashion show. During New York Fashion Week, Bstroy debuted a series of bullet-ridden school sweatshirts in their spring/summer 2020 show.

The menswear line unveiled several school shooting-themed hoodies in the show, featuring Columbine, Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech and Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Each sweatshirt featured distressed detailing resembling bullet holes.

All four schools have seen mass shootings over the last two decades, resulting in the deaths of nearly 100 people.

Read more at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/school-shooting-hoodies-fashion-brand-bstroy-backlash-school-shooting-themed-sweatshirts-2019-09-17/

Ridiculous story, absurd. Still, I wonder if an unhinged student could see something like this and it might give them second thoughts about executing some dastardly act?

[verga]

You mean to say they could not add imitation blood stains. /SARC