Jihan Forbes

A Louboutin Used as a Weapon & More Crimes of Fashion

Jihan Forbes

20 January 2016 at 5:01 pm

That time a woman used her Louboutin pump as a weapon.

When Dolce & Gabbana just decided not to pay taxes.

A manager stole a truckload of money from the Marc by Marc Jacobs store.

That time Lindsay Lohan pulled a Winona Ryder.

Speaking of Winona Ryder, remember when she got caught shoplifting?

Karl Lagerfeld might be using tax havens with the help of his friend Dominique Strauss-Kahn to avoid ponying up taxes.

Ricky Hilfiger punched a club bouncer because his friend was under-dressed.

Does Marc Jacobs have a target on his back?

That time a woman used her Louboutin pump as a weapon.

A humble high heel turned into a full-on weapon after a woman in the UK stabbed a man in the eye with a Christian Louboutin pump. According to the Daily Mail, 22-year-old Shadiya Omar says a young man, Justin Lloyd tried offering her friend a bag of chips outside the Mercure Hotel in Piccadilly Gardens. When the friend tried to knock the bag from his hands, Lloyd attempted to empty the bag’s contents on top of the young woman’s head. That’s when Omar came swooping in and hit Lloyd in the eye with one of her red bottoms in defense of her homegirl. She was sentenced to 18 months in jail and two years’ suspension, six months of community service, and she had to shell out money for a “victim surcharge fee.” Surprisingly, Lloyd did not lose his eyesight in the attack. Photo: Christian Louboutin

There are some crimes of fashion that go unpunished simply because they’re not illegal (like wearing Uggs past the year 2006 — seriously, can they just die already?). But there are others that could actually land you some jail time. Take, for example, the case of Shadiya Omar who stabbed a man in the eye with her Christian Louboutin heel during a fight that broke out over a bag of potato chips. At her hearing recently, Omar’s defense attorney claimed that the 22-year-old had taken off her stilettos because they were pinching her feet and had not intended to wield them as a weapon.

Whether it’s tax evasion, shoplifting, or outright using your accessories as weaponry, sometimes it gets real in fashion and folks act out in a way that can get them in trouble with the law. Here, eight fashion crimes that are way more offensive than simple sartorial faux pas.

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