Shocking fashion collections history! Fashion doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to blackface. Every year, it seems a new blackface controversy surfaces, with a new model at the center. This year, it was Gigi Hadid, who appeared on the cover of Vogue Italia sporting what some saw as a suspiciously dark tan. As BBC pointed out, many of Hadid’s followers were quick to point out her darkened appearance in the image, which was shot by Steven Klein. Others flat out called the image blackface. The criticism prompted the 23-year-old model to apologize. She shared a statement on Twitter along with a photo of herself post-shoot, with bronze makeup still on her face.
John Galliano’s Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2000 Collection, “Haute Homeless”, For John Galliano’s Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2000 show, he created a collection based on the homeless Parisians he encountered while running along the Seine. To that end, he presented a bricolage collection of shredded and tattered couture garments that had found objects like mini whiskey bottles and kitchen utensils strung along the models’ waists. Many found homelessness to be a distasteful theme for a haute couture collection where dresses can go for upwards of $50,000 and the resulting criticism prompted Galliano to apologize for upsetting so many, stating that it was not meant to offend but rather celebrate the style of the homeless people he encountered in Paris.
Kellyanne Conway Illegally Endorses Ivanka Trump Clothing On Television, After the #GrabYourWallet campaign saw stores dropping Ivanka Trump’s clothing line, Senior Advisor to the president Kellyanne Conway decided to step in. Unfortunately for her, the brand-saving move was actually illegal. On an episode of Fox and Friends, she told the audience to go out and buy Ivanka’s clothing. It’s considered an ethics violation to endorse a product as a public official, and Kellyanne received a formal warning because of it.
Whizzing over to New York this year, the fashion week ended with a dramatic bang thanks to Marc Jacobs’ decision to outfit the models walking in his show with multi-colored dreadlocks. As soon as images from the show hit social media, the outcry was swift, with many calling the use of dreadlocks – primarily on white women, including Gigi Hadid and Kendall Jenner – cultural appropriation. But Jacobs spoke out in response on Instagram, where he defended the dreads, saying “I don’t see color or race – I see people” and “funny how you don’t criticize women of color for straightening their hair. I respect and am inspired by people and how they look.” Hairstylist Guido Palau was also quoted as saying rasta culture – regarded as the cultural origin of dreadlocks – was “not at all” the inspiration for the look. These comments didn’t do much to calm critics, as the “cultural appropriation” controversy rages on.
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