https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:56:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099952 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:30:48 +0000 Inge 2099952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What is wrong with people?!!-(((( </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099946 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 14:21:43 +0000 Helena 2099946@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Disgusting. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099942 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:41:19 +0000 nemosmom 2099942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What the actual $%^&amp;?!? I have no words. Well, I have words, but I certainly won't utter them here. Ugh. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099940 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:37:22 +0000 Bijou 2099940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes you wonder if the designer did it to get publicity, it is just disgraceful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099937 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:27:25 +0000 Ginger 2099937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm trying to understand... was this actually a designer show? As in,&nbsp; designs that are available for purchase? Or is it a SHOW show for exhibition only, put on by FIT? To&nbsp;<b>Kari</b>'s point, there's absolutely a team that reviews designs of any kind for issues just like this for any retail company. This seems like a first time effort for FIT, though. Being an educational institution, they may not have formalized the kind of reviews they should have. That really makes it worse, though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099933 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:00:51 +0000 RobinF 2099933@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, that is just so unacceptable. Good for the model for standing her ground.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099931 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:49:36 +0000 Janet 2099931@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ugh. Did they not pay attention to Gucci and D&amp;G?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099915 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:15:23 +0000 kkards 2099915@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i have many things to say, but won't because this is not the place...but i will say that given the theme of this show...&nbsp;it appears the professors and other assorted leaders missed a prime teachable moment.</p> <p><i>Ninety-plus looks by 10 alumni from FIT’s inaugural Master of Fine Arts class in Fashion Design walked the runway. The designs speak to the skill and craftsmanship of the designers and reflect the highly personal stories and histories embedded in their work. <b>Garments not only depicted a visual future for the fashion world, but spoke to topics that concern the larger industry—including gender roles, sustainability, smart fabrics, inclusivity, and more.<br /></b></i>.<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="https://news.fitnyc.edu/2020/02/10/fits-first-fashion-design-mfa-class-makes-nyfw-debut/">https://news.fitnyc.edu/2020/0.....yfw-debut/</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099897 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:31:13 +0000 Eliza 2099897@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Stunning in a horrible way. I hope those involved are held accountable. Glad the refusal to participate made the news. </p> <p>Appreciate the share. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099863 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:42:47 +0000 Jaime 2099863@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I hope someone gets in trouble for this at FIT. It makes you wonder how many times models with less courage than Amy have backed down under the pressure to just ____ . Very many is my assumption. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099859 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:29:40 +0000 cindysmith 2099859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What I really want to say is unfit to print, so I'll go with WTH? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099857 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:23:27 +0000 Suz 2099857@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What is WITH these designers???? Honestly -- what is going ON?&nbsp;</p> <p>So pleased this young model stood her ground and refused.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099854 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 03:18:48 +0000 Kari 2099854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How are we STILL at the place where folks don’t understand not to use racial caricatures in products?</p> <p>(And FWIW I know someone who works in design for a big company and before anything launches, they have a team who reviews designs for inadvertent problems like this that are much more subtle - like lip and eye shape and color, and in reference to where in the world it’s being launched. If designers aren’t doing this, or doing it well, it’s because they don’t care. The resources exist.) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099839 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 02:01:04 +0000 nuancedream 2099839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gucci took a lot of heat several years ago for a blackface sweater and Dolce &amp; Gabbana also got considerable bad press for an advertisement mocking a Chinese woman for eating oversize Italian food with chopsticks. The fashion world is no stranger to pushing the envelope, but doing it by baiting race issues is completely unacceptable. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099830 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:34:30 +0000 Angie 2099830@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good grief :(</p> <p>Good for model Amy to stand her ground and refuse!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099828 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:31:08 +0000 rachylou 2099828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Uh, what is going on the world of fashion? How many times have we seen this same thing with the lips? Does this have some other meaning to fashion folks? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099827 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:23:53 +0000 Kari 2099827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yiiiiikes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099819 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 01:08:17 +0000 The Cat 2099819@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am speechless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/another-example-of-cultural-tone-deafness#post-2099817 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:51:09 +0000 nuancedream 2099817@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok, it's 2020 and here's another egregious example of cultural tone deafness. Brava to Amy Lefevre for refusing to wear those grotesque, racist and highly offensive accessories. Shame on the designer and the Fashion Institute of Technology for such poor judgment!</p> <p><a href="https://thegrio.com/2020/02/16/black-model-says-no-to-wearing-racist-accessories-at-n-y-fashion-week/" rel="nofollow">https://thegrio.com/2020/02/16.....hion-week/</a> </p>