The Burberry earrings that look like a sex toy

A brand can be successful or it can be a complete failure - but perhaps the worst that can happen is when a brand is mocked online. That's what happened to Burberry yesterday, when the British fashion house posted pictures of their new Spear Earrings on Instagram. Arousing the hilarity of followers, the earrings, which are supposed to resemble a spear following the newest collection's equestrian theme, are virtually identical to a butt plug - chrome trim included. Butt plugs have been seen in fashion before, especially at Gucci and Diesel, but always in a mischievous and somewhat 'overt' sense, whereas here the resemblance seems not at all intentional.

In defence of the brand, the photo posted on social media makes them look big enough to look like a sex toy. In reality, at the brand's re-see in Paris, members of the nss editorial team were able to see for themselves that the earrings are in fact tiny and exist in gold variations decorated with other gems that, in person, erase the piquant resemblance. However, this may have been intentional: it has been a long time since a product of the brand has received such viral attention. As Taylore Scarabelli recently said in the pages of Interview Magazine: «We love to complain about memetic fashion but the truth is, we're all so addicted to it.»