The umbrella organization that represents most British Jews criticized Italian designer Francesco Babaro’s use of the swastika as the main theme for his new designer collection at the Fashion Circus in Rome. The Board of Deputies of British Jews plans to write Italian legislators asking for their assurances that steps will be taken to monitor and discourage such displays of racist symbolism in Italian fashion.
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