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NEW YORK – Sharon Stone, John Boyega, Michelle Williams, Lupita Nyong'o and Dominic Sessa walk into a fashion show.
\n\nWith those high-powered names involved, it could be the start of the next project to be nominated for an award. But the reality of what happened at the COS fashion show during New York Fashion Week was almost stranger than fiction; you couldn't write a better script.
\n\nMultiple protesters for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, otherwise known as PETA, infiltrated the runway of the show in downtown Manhattan Sunday, Sept. 13. At least three people managed to make their way down nearly the entire runway (which was livestreamed on the retailer's site), either holding a sign or yelling their protest about the brand's use of sheep's wool for its clothing.
\n\n"Sheep beaten and bloodied for wool, don't buy," read the sign held overhead by the first protester.
\n\nStone and Boyega, who had been talking and laughing before the show began, reacted with shock and nervous laughter as security removed the protester from the runway.
\n\n"Sheep are killed! Please take sheep off the runway," another protester yelled before multiple security guards took her off the runway as well.
\n\nAs murmurs…
Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/
