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High fashion or dubious taste? Balenciaga's destroyed sneaker causes controversy

It is not often a sneaker can cause equal parts awe and antipathy, but Balenciaga’s latest limited edition Paris Sneaker release, made of destroyed cotton and rubber, has done just that. The shoe in question, which loosely resembles a Converse All Star, retails for 1,290 pounds (1,850 dollars, 1,450 euros) and is as intentionally distressed and...

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Marni apologises after accusations of racism in latest campaign

A fashion campaign by Marni featuring black models styled with ethnic accessories has been widely criticized as racist. The Italian luxury brand quickly came under fire when it posted the photos on its official Instagram account with the caption “jungle mood.” Outed by cancel culture duo Diet Prada, who criticized Marni’s unfortunate combination...

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Podcast: The duo behind Instagram account Diet Prada

The duo behind the critically fashion instagram account Diet Prada, the fashion designers copying denounces, is a guest in this podcast episode of The Podcast Barneys. The host em> Noor Tagouri. They know each other: in February 2019 the American Vogue made the mistake of identifying the journalist Noor Tagouri and Pakistani actress Noor...

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Comme des Garcons accused of racism in AW20 menswear show

Japanese fashion brand Comme des Garcons was at the centre of a cultural appropriation row Sunday after it sent out white models in what appeared to be cornrow wigs at its Paris men's fashion week show. The self-appointed fashion watchdog Diet Prada -- which has a record of pulling up labels on racial insensitivity including the notorious Gucci...

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Fashion in the news: best fashion reads in March 2019

Every month, FashionUnited selects the most interesting reads about the fashion industry published across American and British news outlets. Here’s what you may have missed this month: “Will success spoil Diet Prada?”, The New York Times Run by Tony Liu and Lindsey Schuyler, Instagram account Diet Prada is quickly establishing itself as the...

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Dolce & Gabbana's show in China canceled over controversial ad and alleged racist remarks by Stefano Gabbana

Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana has come under fire for its “DG loves China” advertising campaign -- so much so that its upcoming fashion show in the country has been canceled by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Shanghai. The brand posted a video on the Chinese social network Weibo in which a Chinese woman has trouble trying to eat Italian...

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Fashion’s New Vigilantes Out to Expose Copycat Designers

Diet Prada is an online website that does something that no one in the fashion industry ever dared do before. It names and shames, to use its own tagline, "ppl knocking each other off lol." In an industry that has tacitly accepted a certain ebb and flow of ideas for decades, the only pre-social media authority that might have addressed copying...