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Proving ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Are in Fashion, Chanel Hires Its 1st Head of D & I—but Not a Person of Color
Often, the best way to confront a scandal is to avoid creating one in the first place. After a flurry of major brands—including Gucci, Prada and H&M—quickly scrambled to create diversity-focused positions, boards and initiatives following major gaffes in cultural insensitivity, Chanel, which has thus far avoided being named in a recent racial scandal (and…
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Made in Harlem: Dapper Dan Releases a Memoir and Talks to The Glow Up About His New Mission
He was born “the poorest of Harlem’s poor” in 1944, and spent decades hustling before breaking into a legitimate trade. Nearly 75 years later, his designs for Gucci were the ones to be seen in at this year’s Met Gala. He launched “logomania” before it became a phrase, disrupting luxury fashion by infusing it with…
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Not Again, Gucci: Despite Recent Efforts, the Italian Luxury Label Faces More Charges of Cultural Insensitivity
“If we made a mistake, I was the person who made the mistake,” Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri told the Washington Post last week, reflecting on “Blackface-gate.” Now, Gucci’s got another cultural controversy on their hands—one they could’ve easily avoided, had they listened over a year ago after sending models wearing Sikh-like turbans down their Fall/Winter…
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New Balenciaga Scholarship Gives Free Tuition to Black and Latinx Students at Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute in New York City is world famous for its programs in architecture, art and design. Now Demna Gvasalia, creative director of Balenciaga, is helping students of color afford tuition. Tuesday night at Pratt’s annual Celebration of the Creative Spirit scholarship benefit, Gvasalia received the Creative Spirit Award. According to Highsnobiety, Gvasalia was unable…
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‘This Is a Movement’: Dapper Dan and Gucci Announce Global ‘Changemakers’ Program
Honestly? If we never saw another balaclava again, we’d be good. As “Blackface-gate” has raged on throughout the fashion industry, several luxury labels—Gucci, Prada and Burberry, among them—have been forced to realize elite status doesn’t exempt them from difficult conversations and accountability on issues of race, diversity and cultural sensitivity. In response, diversity and inclusion…
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Young Thug Shows Off Gucci 'Blackface' Sweater on Instagram During Studio Session
Last month, luxury fashion retailer Gucci landed themselves in hot water with the release of their “blackface” polo neck sweater, which featured a balaclava-style cutout surrounded by bright red oversized lips. Worn by a white model in the ads—which caught the attention of Spike Lee and T.I.—Gucci’s “mistake” prompted the easiest boycott in the history…
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'They Need One Black Person': Deon Cole Addresses the Offensive Fashion Epidemic on Conan
Comedian Deon Cole is known for bringing the ridiculousness to hit shows Black-ish and its spinoff, Grown-ish. But on Monday night, he brought his particular brand of silliness back to his former gig at Conan, where he was once on staff as a writer and performer. Never one to shy away from a little high-end…
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White People Are Getting Whiter
I recently decided to buy a new brand of mouthwash. Not because of any breath odor deficiencies that I’m aware of, but because it said on the bottle that it also made teeth whiter and I’m grown and I already get salmon with my side salads so why not splurge for the nuclear mouthwash too?…
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Blackface-gate Continues: Katy Perry Gets Caught in the Controversy and Gucci's CEO Addresses Their 'Mistake'
It’s New York Fashion Week, and the hottest trend isn’t coming down a runway, but almost daily on our newsfeeds. Blame Megyn Kelly, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (or his Atty. General Mark Herring) or the growing number of designer labels accused of cultural insensitivity or flagrant disregard, but we’ve currently got more blackface on our…
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Amid Calls to Boycott Gucci, Collaborator Dapper Dan Takes a Stand
One of the biggest fashion stories of 2018 was the unlikely union of groundbreaking designer Daniel “Dapper Dan” Day and one-time nemesis Gucci. After being called out for sending its own versions of Dan’s classic hip-hop-era designs down their 2018 Resort runway, the Italian luxury label did more than apologize; they helped restore the father…