City Hall has a new cop feud on its hands — only this time with the fashion police.  The outfit First Lady Chirlane McCray wore to the funeral of a slain Brooklyn cop — which appeared to some to be jeans — prompted so much criticism that the designer who created it came forward to deny the denim charges, and defend the pick as appropriate for the somber occasion.  DAILY NEWS FUND SUPPORTS FAMILIES OF SLAIN NYPD OFFICERS — DONATE HERE  BRATTON, NYPD UNION BOSSES FAIL TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES WITH CITY HALL DURING MEETING WITHOUT BILL DE BLASIO  Anni Kuan, one of McCray's favorite designers, said the matching blazer and pants combo might look like jeans in pictures, but was actually a polyester-rayon blend.  "It's a very respectful suit you would wear to an important gathering," Kuan said. "It's not made of jean at all."  Designer Anni Kuan says critics could be forgiven for mistaking the pants for jeans.  A model displays the suit worn by First Lady Chirlane McCray at the funeral.  The outfit — which City Hall confirmed is the one McCray wore to the funeral — is part of her Fall/Winter 2014 collection. The single-button, gabardine blazer is on Kuan's website for $316, marked down from $395. And the trendy "zip front ankle pants" — which resemble scrunched up jeans in the photos of McCray at the funeral — are also on sale, down from $205 to $164.  "It's polished and elegant," said Kuan.  The blowback over McCray's fashion choice at the funeral for NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu — killed with his partner by a cop-hating lunatic last month — was fierce.  @Chirlane I say this with no disrespect but, you put on your Sunday best for Kate Middleton, but for a NYC cops funeral u wore JEANS!!!  @Chirlane the NYC Mayor's "wife" couldn't find anything decent to wear so threw on a pair of jeans for the police officers funeral. #noclass  Anyone notice at NYPD officer Liu's funeral yesterday Bill de Blasio's wife Chirlane McCray wore jeans. A total disgrace and disrespect!!  Hours after the service on Sunday, the image of McCray's attire was making the rounds in emails among officers, one Queens cop told the Daily News.  "We found it disrespectful," said the officer, who did not want her name used.  The images of McCray also went viral on social media, including one with the caption, "Nothing says disrespect like rocking jeans to a cops funeral."  The jeans debacle picked up further steam after Mayor de Blasio on Wednesday said cops who turned their backs on him at Liu's funeral were "disrespectful," with many tweeting their displeasure.  "De blasio's wife @Chirlane was the only one showing disrespect by wearing jeans to the funeral of Officer Liu," SemiSweetTweet posted.  Even the nationally syndicated radio show Howie Carr picked up on McCray's alleged fashion faux pas, devoting an entire show on Tuesday to the alleged jeans. "These people have no shame," one caller fumed.  Kuan, who also dressed McCray for Mayor de Blasio's 2013 election night victory party, said she can see why people were confused.  "In the photos, it does look like jeans," said the Taiwanese-born designer, who works out of a small studio in Manhattan's Garment District. "But its the farthest thing from it, like yin and yang."  City Hall also issued a statement clarifying McCray's ensemble was not denim.  "The dark pantsuit the First Lady wore to Detective Liu's funeral was somber and appropriate," said Rebecca Katz, a de Blasio spokesman.  She added, "We should be talking about Detective Liu and his family, not fabric and fashion."  On a mobile device? Click here to watch video.
The woman who designed the pants worn by Chirlane McCray at a cop’s funeral says they were not jeans.