{"id":266996,"date":"2019-02-07T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1012511"},"modified":"2019-02-07T10:05:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:05:00","slug":"gucci-deeply-apologizes-and-pulls-sweater-resembling-blackface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/gucci-deeply-apologizes-and-pulls-sweater-resembling-blackface\/","title":{"rendered":"Gucci “Deeply Apologizes” and Pulls Sweater Resembling Blackface"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Customers do not like Gucci’s latest look.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the luxury brand issued a public apology for its balaclava black sweater after it sparked backlash online for resembling\u00a0blackface. Online, the $890 sweater was shown with the\u00a0collar pulled up over the model’s nose and an opening with a red border outlining the mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many pointed out not only the design, but also the timing of the sale. “Balaclava knit top by Gucci,” one critic tweeted. “Happy Black History Month y’all.”<\/p>\n

“@gucci ah yes, black face but make it fashion huh?” another wrote online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“Gucci deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the wool balaclava jumper,” the company tweeted. “We consider diversity to be a fundamental value to be fully upheld, respected, and at the forefront of every decision we make.”<\/p>\n

“We can confirm that the item has been immediately removed from our online store and all physical stores,” they confirmed in a longer statement. “We are fully committed to increasing diversity throughout our organization and turning this incident into a powerful learning moment for the Gucci team and beyond.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Gucci deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the wool balaclava jumper.
We consider diversity to be a fundamental value to be fully upheld, respected, and at the forefront of every decision we make.
Full statement below. pic.twitter.com\/P2iXL9uOhs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 gucci (@gucci) February 7, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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It is a prominent time for public conversation about blackface, particularly as Virginia government officials remain under fire for wearing blackface<\/a> in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Customers do not like Gucci’s latest look.\u00a0 On Wednesday, the luxury brand issued a public apology for its balaclava black sweater after it sparked backlash online for resembling\u00a0blackface. Online, the $890 sweater was shown with the\u00a0collar pulled up over the model’s nose and an opening with a red border outlining the mouth.\u00a0 Many pointed out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-266996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 09:58:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}