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Kylie Jenner Sports Faux Lion Head for Schiaparelli Fashion Show

The reality TV star attended the Paris Fashion Week event on Jan. 23.

Ananya Panchal

Kylie Jenner attends the Schiaparelli Haute Couture spring 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

Kylie Jenner attends the Schiaparelli Haute Couture spring 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week.

Kylie Jenner and the king of the jungle experienced a crossover yesterday. The model wore a faux lion’s head as part of her look at Paris Fashion Week’s Schiaparelli Haute Couture spring 2023 show. She sported a gorgeous black ruched strapless maxi dress adorned with a lion’s head covering one side of her upper body. Her hair was slicked back into a high pony with a side part and fake bangs.

“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,” she captioned the Jan. 23 post that received 5.8 million likes in 10 hours. “Thank you @danielroseberry and @schiaparelli for such a special morning. wow i loved wearing this faux art creation constructed by hand using manmade materials. beautiful beautiful 🦁🦁.”

And, in an unexpected turn of events, the reality TV star’s statement outfit received a seal of approval from animal rights organization PETA.

“Kylie’s look celebrates lions’ beauty and may be a statement against trophy hunting, in which lion families are torn apart to satisfy human egotism,” president Ingrid Newkirk told TMZ.

Tons of fans and celebrities chimed in to the comments to point out that Jenner, whose birthday falls on Aug. 10, was serving big “Leo energy.”

Supermodel Irina Shayk also wore the outfit for Schiaparelli’s runway show alongside Naomi Campbell and Shalom Harlow.

“I support these incredible artists who worked tirelessly, with their hands, using wool, silk, and foam, to sculpt this embroidered Lion, and image of Pride, An image that @schiaparelli invokes while exploring themes of strength. I am honored to have been called on as well to lend my art as a woman to this🖤,” Shayk wrote in an Instagram post. She tagged Daniel Roseberry, Schiaparelli’s creative director, who worked on the campaign.

“3 animals sculpted and embroidered by hand, celebrating the glory of nature and guarding the woman who wears it,” Roseberry wrote on his own post. “Thé léopard, thé lion, and thé she wolf. All from Dante’s Inferno.”

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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