Gucci pulls 'blackface sweater' from stores after complaints

[mercuryblues]

Don't they have at least 1 black person in their company that can point this shit out to them?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/gucci-pulls-blackface-sweater-from-stores-after-complaints/ar-BBThvJw?ocid=spartandhp


ROME — Gucci has apologized for a wool sweater after complaints that it resembled blackface makeup and said the item had been pulled from its online and physical stores.
It was the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize for cultural or racial insensitivity.
In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, Gucci said it was committed to diversity and considered it a "fundamental value to be fully upheld, respected and at the forefront of every decision we make."

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[marble falls]

1. Does it come in other colors? Are they as over priced?

[mercuryblues]

2. It was only available in black.

[marble falls]

3. That was my point. If it were in a range of color it might not have been what it was: blackface.

[mercuryblues]

6. Dang

I am off my game, lately. I couldn't decide if it was sarcasm or an honest question. As a self proclaimed queen of sarcasm, I am not amused with myself.

[MosheFeingold]

9. I don't think it was the black

I thought it was the lips WITH the black.

I file this under the same file as Nike getting sued because a shoe sole design kinda, sorta, maybe, looked like the word "Allah" if you squinted and looked at it sideways.

Anyway, I kind of think this is a clever idea. Get rid of the "lips" and offer in a variety of colors and call it good.

[procon]

4. How gauch is that? In addition to being

outrageously racist in design, it's too tacky to be worn in public. WTF were they thinking?

[dalton99a]

5. From Prada:

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[MineralMan]

7. Wow! Who's idea was that, I wonder?

[dalton99a]

10. And that charm was priced at $550:

Racially charged items at Prada's SoHo store. After a social media post and ensuing complaints, the company apologized and pulled the product. (Chinyere Ezie)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/12/15/seriously-prada-what-were-you-thinking-why-fashion-industry-keeps-bumbling-into-racist-imagery/
Seriously, Prada, what were you thinking?: Why the fashion industry keeps bumbling into racist imagery
By Robin Givhan
December 15, 2018

[MineralMan]

8. That it was offered only in black is the damning thing.

Interestingly enough, if you search Google images for "balaclava," you'll see that most of them are in black. There are other colors, but black dominates.

Weird and disturbing, I think. I think I'll just keep wrapping a scarf around my face when I'm snowblowing.