Shoewawa: Peter Jensen's fall '09 boots offend people of Greenland

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Peter Jensen's fall '09 boots offend people of Greenland

Danish-born fashion designer, Peter Jensen, has revealed that a protest was staged in response to his fall '09 collection, which was recently shown at London Fashion Week. The issue is concerning his white thigh-high floral kamik boots (pictured, left) which were tribute to his aunt Jytte, a native of Greenland. Instead they have caused offence the people of Greenland, because they form part of the country's national costume.

"Here at Peter Jensen we are shocked and outraged that our loving tribute to their kamik boots could be construed as in any way exploitative," the designer said in a statement. "The collection and the boots were made out of pure love and meant as a celebration from the trip which we went on in November. That I am now getting death threats is really taking this thing out of proportion."

Death threats? Seriously! [via Vogue]