BARCELONA, Spain (AFX) - Lauren Bush, the fashion model niece of US President George Bush, has refused to appear on the catwalk at Barcelona's fashion week, after she found out that the Arab world inspired the clothes she would be modeling, La Vanguardia reported. Bush, aged 17 yrs, daughter of the president's brother Neil, was booked yesterday evening for the spring-summer collection of Spanish fashion house Toypes, but was reportedly unaware of the theme until she saw the pantaloons, tunics, turbans, oriental rugs and Arab music to be used in the show.
According to the paper, she dropped out at the insistence of her mother, Sharon, who had accompanied her to Spain and felt her daughter's participation would have been inappropriate.
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