W Refers To Rape As A ‘Fashion Violation’ In Headline

by Hilary George-Parkin | 4:10 pm, November 19th, 2012

In 2008, fashion designer Anand Jon was convicted on one count of rape, and 15 counts of sexual assault on girls as young as 14. He was sentenced to 59 years in prison on Rikers Island and is still awaiting trial in New York on similar charges. “Violation” is definitely a word we would attach to his crimes. But we certainly wouldn’t call them “fashion violations.”