THREAD: RACIST AND PROBLEMATIC DESIGNERS/ PROMINENT FIGURES IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY

coming up first, we have mister john galliano! not only did he verbally assault a couple, calling one a "f*cking ugly jewish b*tch" and the other a "f*cking asian b*stard" there is also recorded evidence of him on anti-semitic rant saying "i love h*tler" amonst other things

next we have none other than marc jacobs! in his ss 2017 collection, he thought it was a brilliant idea to dress (mainly white) models in dreadlocks! a direct quote from jacobs: “[To] all who cry ‘cultural appropriation’ or whatever nonsense about any race or skin colour wearing-

-their hair in any particular style or manner – funny how you don’t criticise women of colour for straightening their hair” & also said that he doesn't see color or race! how delightful!

next up to bat is alexander wang as a sexual predator! he has inappropriately groped many trans women in PUBLIC. on top of this, he has also tried to expose an trans woman's genitals in public. a trash person and designer all around!

additionally, we have the fantastic jean paul gaultier who defended galliano's racist rant by saying "with recordings, people can be made to say things they did not say...what is the context?" i'm not sure how much context gaultier needs besides galliano's famous-

"i love Hitler, and people like you would be dead today. your mothers, your forefathers, would be... gassed and... dead." a lovely way for gaultier to follow up his "fuck racism" jeans of 1997, no?

now we have a two for one special! stefano gabbana and domenico dolce of d&g seem to have a long history of racist and deeply problematic sentiments deep with their (un)shockingly racist 2018 ad, supporing melania trump and getting her to wear their designs (???), coming out-

with a shoe they called the "slave sandal," refusal to support gay couples becoming parents, and their racist "blackamoor-inspired" earrings in their ss 2013 collection ...need i say more??

please do feel free to add any racist or problematic people, companies, or incidents within the fashion industry, this is by no means an exhaustive list!

also this gucci blackface sweater, which was literally last year