Gucci apologises for ‘blackface’ jumper and pulls it from stores (Metro)

Gucci has issued an apology for selling a wool balaclava jumper that many accused of resembling blackface.

The £688 jumper has a red outline to go around the wearer’s mouth, familiar of golliwog imagery.

Images of the piece of knitwear were shared on Twitter and criticised by thousands of people, who called the design ‘unacceptable’ and ‘racist’.

One person on Twitter wrote: ‘Ah yes, blackface but make it fashion huh?’ Read more

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