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"  Designer Karl Lagerfeld staged his pre-fall 2013 Chanel show at the historic Dallas Fair Park in Texas. Nearly 100 models walked the runway in designs that mixed the usual Chanel tweed with Native-American-inspired elements like fringe, turquoise, face paint and more than a few feather headpieces. Nicole Phelps, of Style.com, gave the show a rave review, declaring, &amp;quot;Bang, bang, Karl does it again&amp;quot; \u2014 making no mention of the potentially controversial use of Native American inspiration. Just a year ago, Victoria&amp;#039;s Secret was forced to apologize for dressing model Karlie Kloss in a Native American headdress for its annual fashion show (the look was later edited out for the TV broadcast). Lagerfeld explained the headdresses, etc. thusly: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a reinvention of something I don&amp;#039;t really know, but that I like to play with.&amp;quot;\u00A0 But some onlookers are not too happy with Karl&amp;#039;s design direction:    So, Chanel was kind of racist. \u2014 Patrik Sandberg (@PatrikSandberg) December 11, 2013      slap a Chanel logo on anything and it&amp;amp;#39;s suddenly not racist? okay. \u2014 Sarah (@SarahSahim) December 11, 2013      Just some casual cultural appropriation #Chanel #clueless or #racist? http://t.co/1etS25sAaq \u2014 Meg (@megohara) December 11, 2013   \u00A0      \u00A0 Follow Charles on Twitter\u00A0@charlesemanning \u00A0 Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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