Update #2 – June 29th 03:09pm:
Kylie and Kendall have apologized for the shirt designs, offering:
“These designs were not well thought out and we deeply apologize to anyone that has been upset and/or offended, especially to the families of the artists. We are huge fans of their music and it was not our intention to disrespect these cultural icons in anyway. The tee shirts have been pulled from retail and all images have been removed. We will use this as an opportunity to learn from these mistakes and again, we are very sorry.”
Rollingstone.com also report that The Doors issued a cease-and-desist over the designs featuring their trademarks.
Original Story:
Update – June 29th 02:48pm:
Ozzy Osbourne‘s wife and longtime manager Sharon Osbourne has slammed Kylie and Kendall for the shirt designs:
Girls, you haven’t earned the right to put your face with musical icons. Stick to what you know…lip gloss. pic.twitter.com/BhmuUVrDBn
— Sharon Osbourne (@MrsSOsbourne) June 29, 2017
Original Story:
For a number of years now various celebrities have been co-opting the fashion of metalheads, often producing absurdly overpriced clothing such as these. Celebrities Kylie and Kendall Jenner took things a step further and recently launched (and look to have since pulled) a seemingly ill-fated line of merch that saw them adding their own faces to a number of classic rock and rap t-shirt designs.
Priced at $125 USD a shirt, the lazy designs saw the pair essentially add themselves to classic shirt designs from Metallica, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne and more. As of press time, the entire line appears to have disappeared without trace from availability on their store. It would appear that the shirts also skirted any attempts at proper licensing as well as Voletta Wallace—mother of late rapper The Notorious B.I.G.—slammed the pair for their shirt design featuring her son.
[via Consequence Of Sound]
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