トランプ氏は「ＫＫＫの暴君」、米デザイナーが糾弾　パリ・ファッションウィーク

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】米デザイナーのスターリング・ルビー氏が28日、パリ・ファッションウィークの自らのショーで、ドナルド・トランプ米大統領を白人至上主義団体「クー・クラックス・クラン（KKK）」の幹部になぞらえ、「暴政」を終わらせようと訴えた。（写真は資料写真）
　フランスで新型コロナウイルスの感染者数が急増する中、今年のパリ・ファッションウィークはミラノ、ロンドンに続いてオンライン開催が中心で、各ブランドは短編動画で春夏コレクションを披露している。
　ルビー氏のストリートウエア・ブランド「Ｓ・Ｒ・ Ｓｔｕｄｉｏ・ ＬＡ・ ＣＡ・」ウイメンズ・コレクションのパリデビューも動画によるショーとなった。
　「ベール・フラッグ」（旗をまとうの意）と題されたショーには、色あせた星条旗をまとった黒人モデルが登場。続いて朗読された詩で、「私たちは今どこにいて、何が起きているのか？」「主権はなく、共感もない。旗は、リーダーなきリーダーシップに立ち向かう行進の苦難に覆われ、色あせてしまった」「私を踏みつけていけ。私に火を放て。プレジデント・グランド・ドラゴンの暴政を終わらせよ」と語りかけた。
　「グランド・ドラゴン」とは、人種差別に基づく暴力の長い歴史を持ちながら、現在も米国の４１州で非合法化されていない白人至上主義団体ＫＫＫの最高幹部の一人を意味する。トランプ氏は近年の白人至上主義者の台頭を促してきたとして非難されている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/09/30-13:08）

A Paris fashion week show has called for the end to the tyranny of US President Donald Trump.
American artist Sterling Ruby compared Trump to the racist Ku Klux Klan in his women's Paris show called Veil Flag, in which a black model was draped in a distressed denim version of the Stars and Stripes.
Ruby's streetwear brand, S.R. Studio. LA. CA., made its fashion week debut in the French capital late Monday with a film featuring the flag and a spoken word poem.
Where are we, and what has happened? the poem began.
No sovereignty, no empathy. A flag worn down, covered in hardship marching against leaderless leadership.
Tread on me... Light me on fire... End the tyranny of the President Grand Dragon, it added.
The Grand Dragon is one of the most senior members of the KKK, which despite its long history of racist violence is still legal and thought to be active in 41 US states.
Trump has been accused of encouraging the rise of white supremacists in recent years.
With coronavirus infections rocketing in France, Paris women's fashion week has followed Milan and London in going mostly digital, with labels presenting their new looks in short films.
- 'The world has changed' -
Rising French designer Marine Serre also raised eyebrows Tuesday with an unsettling sci-fi themed film called Amor Fati, inspired by Nietzsche, who made embracing fate -- bad as it might be -- central to his philosophy.
Serre, whose made face masks a fashion item long before the pandemic to summon up her post-apocalyptic universe, said her new collection was a mirror of the last five months.
The world around us has changed radically since the world was hit by the virus, she told AFP.
I started putting anti-pollution masks in my collections a year and a half ago, the 28-year-old added.
I was going to work on my bike and the air was not great in Paris.
Serre, who will show her film in the French capital's biggest cinema later Tuesday, warned that some viewers may find it disturbing.
Her dystopian hooded outfits and body hugging designs have touched a nerve with many younger fashionistas, fearful of what is happening to the environment.
Serre's shows have also featured upcycled dresses made from old bedspreads and curtains.
Her clothes have since been championed by US singers Beyonce and Ariana Grande, with her crescent moon motif popping up regularly on the red carpet in outfits worn by actresses such as Chloe Sevigny.
She has also become a leading voice for more sustainable fashion.
With the Belgian master Dries Van Noten, she has called for a major rethink of how the industry works.
Their manifesto for responsible fashion has since been signed by hundreds of other designers.