Talk about a political circus.

A local politician from the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany appeared at a regional flower show last week in full costume as a rainbow unicorn.

Wearing nothing but underwear, body paint, prosthetic horse ears and, of course, a unicorn horn, City Counselor of Schwäbisch Gmünd Cynthia Schneider was in-fact paying homage to her city, whose coat of arms depicts a unicorn.

“That’s one way of advertising your town,” writes journalist Magdalena Haupt in her native German.

Some on social media use German word ‘Kunst‘ — meaning “art” — to describe the outfit. Others call the costume an “insult,” or ‘beleidigen,’ to “real” cosplayers.

“I don’t mind unicorns, but the way it was presented wasn’t quite appropriate,” says Thorsten Renglert, director of the Remstal gardening show where Schneider made her colorful debut. However, Renglert was careful to note it “wasn’t really that noticeable.”

The look certainly did ruffle some feathers … or horse tails, as it were,

Chairman of the Women’s Free Voters part Karin Rauscher tells Bild-Zeitung the stunt was “disrespectful towards women” (‘respektlos gegenüber Frauen’).

Reportedly, Schneider’s boss, mayor of Schwäbisch Gmünd Richard Arnold, asked the councilwoman to dress in the whimsical get-up as part of the festival, which hosts 16 region municipalities — most of which send a mascot to represent their town.

In spite of the minor controversy, Schneider claims she did it for the kids. In German, she says, “The children loved it,” and “wanted to touch the glitter unicorn.”