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`Marilyn Wrap' raises hackles

DURBAN, SEPT. 6. The Hindu community in South Africa is agitated over the use of deities on a dress worn by a model during a fashion show.

``The imprints on the outfit were reflections of the divine and the manner in which this was done was nothing more than blasphemous,'' said Dorasamy Moodley of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha.

The outfit, named ``Marilyn Wrap'', consisted of a red halter-neck top, adorned with badges of Hindu deities, worn with a white-and-red Indian-style skirt and trousers. ``While the Sabha is mindful of the dynamism in modern dressing and stylish garments, it would be wise for designers to refrain from desecrating any deity of any religious grouping,'' Mr. Moodley said.

The designer said she did not mean to offend. ``I designed the outfit with the intention of expressing all that is familiar in Durban... '' — PTI

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