Models targeted by animal rights activists as New York Fashion Week begins with controversial horse-drawn carriage procession
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Animal rights activists targeted models at one of the opening shows of New York Fashion Week which saw them paraded around Central Park on controversial horse-drawn carriages.
Victor dE Souza, who has dressed Rihanna, Madonna and Lady Gaga, put seven models in the carriages wearing his designs on Wednesday night, in what was described as a moveable fashion show through the park.
But the show was picketed by animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), who are seeking to ban the carriages saying they are inhumane to horses.
Protesters surrounded the models and held up signs shouting 'shame on you' and 'de Souza is an animal abuser.'
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