- Italian designer Gucci is facing criticism for another look — an anklet that resembles an ankle monitor, or an ankle holster, with golden bullets attached to it.
- The leather anklet was featured as an accessory at a Gucci show during Milan Fashion Week in September. The "golden bullets" attached to it were actually Gucci Beauty lipsticks.
- Some people on Twitter were quick to pick up on the anklet's resemblance to the house arrest device.
- Gucci was also recently criticized for sending models down the running in coats resembling straight jackets. The fashion brand also came under fire for selling $800 turban critics deemed culturally appropriative, and a $900 sweater that some said resembled blackface.
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Italian designer Gucci is facing criticism over another controversial look, this time an anklet that resembles a house arrest ankle monitor.
The leather anklet was featured as an accessory during Gucci's Milan Fashion Week show this past September. The "golden bullets" attached to it were actually Gucci Beauty lipsticks, which were also attached to arm cuffs, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Some were quick to pick up on the anklet's resemblance to the house arrest device.
What do you think of alessandro_michele new @gucci pointed toe flats with ankle holster to hold your lipsticks??? Some of said it resembles a prison ankle tag however personally I think it may come in useful for… https://t.co/SS3cIEWHUG
— Mama Loves Shoes (@MamaLovesShoes1) October 7, 2019
@gucci when did it become fashionable to make an ankle monitor a fashion accessory? Asking for a friend. 🤔🤪
— frombagelstogrits💣💣 (@KiaGai2) October 5, 2019
The best is when people flex their ankle monitors like it’s a Gucci anklet 😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Doyle 2x (@ZachDoyle23) September 11, 2019
I don’t tweet enough so I may have missed it. @gucci selling house arrest accessories now? It’s probably an anklet I’m taking out of context. 🧐 🤷🏽♀️#gucciman #approved #fashion pic.twitter.com/xdWY0UOmXB
— Khaleesi Gallagher (@CharismaticQT) October 7, 2019
Gucci was recently criticized after models were sent down the runway in straitjacket-like coats. One model, Ayesha Tan-Jones, took a stand against the fashion label by writing "Mental health is not fashion," on their hands as they went down the runway.
"These clothes were a statement for the fashion show and will not be sold," the brand said in a statement in response to the incident. "Alessandro Michele designed these blank-styled clothes to represent how through fashion, power is exercised over life, to eliminate self-expression."
"This power prescribes social norms, classifying and curbing identity," Gucci continued in the statement.
In February, the brand apologized after releasing a $900 sweater that appeared to some as blackface. And in May, the fashion brand roiled the Sikh community with an $800 turban. The turban is considered one of the five critical "articles of faith" in the Sikh community, and Sikh's accused the luxury brand of belittling their faith.
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- Gucci has apologized after people suggested its $900 sweater looked like blackface
- Gucci is facing criticism by the Sikh community over a $800 turban
- A model took a stand against Gucci's use of straitjackets on the runway while walking in the brand's show
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