H&M drops Cara Delevingne

As the title suggests, brand H&M have dropped one of their models, Cara Delevinge, who is in the midst of a (relatively minor in comparison) drug scandal.

CaraImage taken from: http://www.harpersbazaar.com.au/news/fashion-buzz/2013/8/hm-drops-cara-delevingne

And you know what? I completely applaud them for doing so.

We live in a society where celebrities are rewarded regardless of their actions. What sort of message is this sending? We’ve got Lindsay Lohen who rarely gets any sort of punishment for the millions of things she does that are illegal, Amanda Byrnes who gets more and more twitter followers and media attention than she ever did when she was straight, sober and acting, even the Biebs has had his fair share of run ins with no real consequences.

So again, good on H&M for standing by their zero tolerance to drugs and for once again standing down a model who breached this.

Side note: the decision for H&M to drop Cara is based on suspicion as it is not yet proven that she had any drugs on her. I believe in this case they want to distance themselves before it blows any further.

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