Gucci apologizes for sweater resembling blackface, stops selling balaclava jumper

After Gucci’s wool balaclava jumper sparked outrage on social media for appearing to mimic blackface, the company has apologized and removed the product. The piece from Gucci’s Fall Winter 2018 runway show looks like a black turtleneck that is worn up over the nose, with a red-lined cutout for customers’ mouths. It was inspired by “vintage ski masks,” according to its product description, which says it could also be worn just around the neck. The price: $890. Amid Black History Month, social media users pointed out that the sweater could be seen as a depiction of blackface.

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