Thursday, September 27, 2012

Dolce & Gabbana's Racist Earrings Controversy

Design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have come under fire in the past few days for showing Blackamoor-inspired earrings on their spring runway. The Guardian writes:
The earrings are reminiscent of Blackamoor statues that can be found in Italy, but more recognisably to non-Italians, Aunt Jemima dolls. That's the same Aunt Jemima that, initially conceived as part of a minstrel show, became an image that romanticised slavery and plantation life. There's no denying they're offensive.
"There wasn't a single black model in Dolce & Gabbana's show," the Guardian's fashion EA Sarah Ilyas writes, "and it's hard not to be appalled by the transparent exoticism in sending the only black faces down the runway in the form of earrings."

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