Distressing fashion lines list! In November, Dolce & Gabbana canceled a Shanghai fashion show, just as it was scheduled to start, after being accused of racism. The controversy started after the luxury label shared videos on Instagram in which an Asian model attempted to eat Italian food with chopsticks. The videos were meant to promote the Shanghai event, which the brand had dubbed “The Great Show,” but instead they sparked anger online. Users on the Chinese social media platform Weibo accused the label of trivializing Chinese culture and presenting a racist view of women. To make matters even worse, it appeared Stefano Gabbana, one of the brand’s co-founders, was responding to upset commenters online with offensive insults. He later claimed his account, and the account of the brand, had been hacked.
Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2000 Collection, “Eye”, Alexander McQueen presented his Spring/Summer 2000 collection in New York on the night of Hurricane Floyd. The show, entitled Eye, dealt with the theme of Western fears of Islam and many of the clothes in the show directly referenced traditional Islamic dress. The show was particularly controversial because it featured sexualized versions of the niqaab and featured models in burqas flying over a bed of nails that had risen from the floor during the finale.
Curvy Models Speak Out About Victoria’s Secret Lack of Size Diversity, Despite the fact that the 2017 Victoria’s Secret Runway was the most diverse VS model cast ever in terms of race, when it came to size, it was anything but. Models like Ashley Graham took to social media to publicly denounce the choice, but the brand has yet to even acknowledge the criticism.
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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