History Month: Polo Neck and Lips Critics

history month: In February it was forced to withdraw an 890 689 balaclava knit, part of the autumn/winter 2018 collection, which covered half of the wearer's face and featured a cutout mouth with large red lips, according to The Guardian. Critics said that the polo neck, which was released during Black History Month in the US, resembled blackface. The appointment of Ren e Tirado, who was previously the chief diversity and inclusion officer at Major League Baseball, is the latest in a series of steps taken by the Italian fashion house in response to a pair of incidents that prompted claims the problem came from a lack of ethnic minorities within the company. In the same month, the Milan-based brand announced it would hire global and regional directors for diversity and inclusion, as well as launching a multicultural design scholarship programme, a diversity and inclusion awareness programme and a global exchange programme. Photograph Pietro D'aprano/Getty Images But in May Gucci was again under fire again, this time for a 790 headpiece that resembled a turban, a piece from the same collection as the balaclava. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A Gucci model wearing the 790 headpiece criticised by Sikhs. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.