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25th Oct 2016

It looks like everyone got Janet Jackson’s ‘Islamic dress’ thing *very* wrong

You've got to laugh...

JOE

We don’t know why this was even a news story to begin with, to be honest.

But the media’s fixation with celebrity and anything vaguely linked to Islam obviously meant it ticked a few boxes.

Expectant mother Janet Jackson was photographed out for a stroll in London with her husband Wissam Al Manna wearing a black hooded garment.

The singer has just announced she’s pregnant at the age of 50 with her 41-year-old husband, who is also a Qatari billionaire.

British papers including the Mirror and the Mail ran with the ‘Janet Jackson spotted in full Islamic dress’ line and the photos were published around the world under similar headlines.

"Janet Jackson for the first time in full Islamic dress since announcing her pregnancy," headlined the Mirror.

The media jumped to conclusions and then everyone else piled in with some pretty sweeping and depressing statements…

https://twitter.com/ibangel/status/790779077107994624

https://twitter.com/JimHumbert/status/790587135212544004

Except there appeared to be one fundamental problem…it wasn’t an Islamic dress at all.

Nope. It was actually a ridiculously expensive Adidas Y-3 poncho, as many people on Twitter were all-too happy to point out.

https://twitter.com/Michael_Taylor_/status/790613208461615104

https://twitter.com/wardahkhalid_/status/790296742038089729

https://twitter.com/GregLabour/status/790521008495202305

So we had a little look on Y-3’s website and there it was, all 980 worth….

Ponch

It’s even got the same detailing on the front and back of it…

unt pon

Buzzfeed France even went and asked Adidas and they pretty much confirmed it, saying…

“This poncho is a key piece of the AW16 collection, which features elongated silhouettes and patterns floating in a black which is the brand Y-3 factory.

This room, and the entire collection, were designed to appeal to everyone and does not specifically target Muslims. ”

If that didn’t convince you, then Jackson was actually photographed the day before in London with the same headband on buying some flowers…

And another photo of her hanging out with her husband in public without her poncho on…

MILAN, ITALY - FEBRUARY 21: Janet Jackson and Wissam al Mana attend the Sergio Rossi presentation cocktail during Milan Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2013/14 on February 21, 2013 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Vincenzo Lombardo/Getty Images for Sergio Rossi)

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