Blackface? Never In Style

September 23, 2009 | Shannon aka J. Baker

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Having just returned from Madrid, I was pretty wistful when I heard that I would miss their S/S 2010 fashion week this week. Looking at the latest collection from Carlos Diez, I’m pretty happy that I wasn’t there, since this brown girl got pretty worked up over his runway show—it’s not just the clothes that are bad. I’m all for creativity in fashion, but blackface is never a good idea, even if you didn’t mean it to be, even if the models strangely remind me of George Hamilton, still not a good idea. The real question for me is why he would ever think this was ok? Beyond distasteful, the collection itself is a bad “Brady Bunch” trip on fabric. I wonder if he ever plans on showing in New York? We prefer our faces their natural color and hairpieces on our heads, not t-shirts. Thoughts ladies?

More Madrid & India/Lakme fashion week to come!

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  1. ANDEAN Sep 23, 2009

    THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST! FROM THE HEAD DOWN TO THE TOE….NOT TO MENTION THE NEGLIGENT USE OF BLACK FACE- BE INTENTIONAL OR NOT- TISK TISK CARLOS DIAZ >:{

  2. cruziiie Sep 24, 2009

    WOWWWWWWWW
    that is all I will say!

  3. Sunna Oct 16, 2009

    Most Europeans really are not aware that this could be offensive to anyone. Please relax.
    The collection is not that bad either.

  4. bowleserised Oct 17, 2009

    “Most Europeans really are not aware that this could be offensive to anyone.”

    That is a ridiculous and entirely untrue statement. You are very uninformed.

  5. MS. FABULOUS Oct 29, 2009

    This is irritating and any designer who does that deserves to be boycotted.

  6. ME May 22, 2010

    Are u dumb???? Why do you speack about things you dont known????
    i’m european and nigger ( yes we don´t say black to us thats ofeensive, we use the words noir, negro in english nigger),
    and i went to see the collection of Carlos Diez. And that’s is not a ” Black face” that’s a over artifical tan. Something that special English and nordics do, and them them appear in south Europe with their faces brown like if they were in a oven and the rest of the body and neck complety white.

    So dont give yourself and and yout button belly such a importance u dont have. And above all get more information before write about things u dont known

  7. J.Baker aka Shannon May 27, 2010

    ^^^^^
    “i’m european and nigger ( yes we don´t say black to us thats ofeensive, we use the words noir, negro in english nigger)”

    i.can’t.

    i just want to hug you.

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