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This photo was doctored to include the Chinese character for ‘demolition’ on the model’s outfit

Dec 8, 2021

An image has circulated in social media posts that claim a designer was duped during a trip to China into putting the Chinese character for “demolition” on an outfit shown at Paris Fashion Week. The posts are misleading: the photo has been doctored to include the Chinese character on an outfit shown by London-based label KTZ at London Fashion Week in 2015. The designer referred to in the posts is fictitious. The photo was published here on Facebook on November 15, 2021. A screenshot, taken on De