Upsetting fashion lines guide! Ahead of the 2018 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show air date, brand exec Ed Razek spoke to Vogue magazine about the annual spectacle and received plenty of criticism in return. Not only did he shade competing intimates brand ThirdLove ? which prompted founder Heidi Zak to take out a full-page, open-letter ad in The New York Times (above) ? he also implied that no one wanted to see a plus-size fashion show and didn’t think transgender models should be included on the runway because it “is a fantasy. It’s a 42-minute entertainment special.” (He later apologized for the remark.) Needless to say, plenty of folks on Twitter, including trans model Carmen Carrera, criticized both Razek and VS after the interview was published.

Alexander McQueen’s Fall/Winter 1995 Collection, “Highland Rape”, McQueen was one of the greatest provocateurs in the fashion industry, so it’s no surprise that another one of his shows makes this list. For his Fall/Winter 1995 show, Highland Rape, McQueen sent out models bruised and battered wearing tattered clothes of tartan and lace. With some thinking that McQueen was promoting violence against women, the backlash was swift. But, in McQueen’s eyes, the show was meant to represent the ethnic cleansing of the Scottish Highlands by British soldiers during the 18th and 19th centuries and the ensuing controversy upset the designer, especially since he cared so much about designing clothes that empowered women.

Curvy Models Speak Out About Victoria’s Secret Lack of Size Diversity, Despite the fact that the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Runway was the most diverse VS model cast ever in terms of race, when it came to size, it was anything but. Models like Ashley Graham took to social media to publicly denounce the choice, but the brand has yet to even acknowledge the criticism.

The front row is the ultimate clique. So imagine the screams when live rats were released on the runway at Ksubi’s shocking Spring/Summer 2002 show. The no-Fs-given crew of skaters, surfers, and street artist brand released a whopping 170 rats onto the runway, where according to reports, one rat died on the runway. The infamous brand debut at Australian Fashion Week featured dreadlocks, stonewash denim, a giant lampshade hat, and a rat-like headpiece. Critics and animal rights activists denounced the stunt, but there’s no doubt that it put Ksubi on the global fashion map. Founder of Mercedes Benz Australia Fashion Week, Simon P Lock recounts the riot: “There was certainly a mood of expectation when the lights went down in the Blue Room. Like a scene from the Pied Piper, a wave of them in all shapes, colors, and teeth-length charged down the 30-meter-long catwalk.

Another controversial fashion line is Headhunters Line, a very bold fashion line that already generated a lot of controversy. Sex, guns, upsetting message, this fashion clothing line has them all. See extra details on The worlds most dangerous clothing line.