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Marc Jacobs Accused of Cultural Appropriation...Again

At his SS18 show during NYFW his models sported head wraps.
Marc Jacobs Accused of Cultural Appropriation...Again
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By PEOPLE · Updated October 26, 2020
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Last year, designer Marc Jacobs was widely criticized for sending his models down the runway with multi-colored dreadlocks, which critics called appropriation of traditional black culture. Now, it seems Jacobs is in hot water once again.

At his SS18 show during NYFW his models sported head wraps, historically worn by both African and African-American women. Shortly after the presentation, people on Instagram and Twitter expressed their dismay.

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Marc Jacobs and Pepsi Jenner cannot seem to wrap their heads around cultural appropriation 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ #NYFW pic.twitter.com/8tpfNYeIHw

— dale gribble 🚬 (@mayapinionn) September 14, 2017

How many sistas can't go to work or formals in African styled head wraps, but Marc Jacobs puts them on the runway. Jesus be a fence.

— Jenee Darden (@CocoaFly) September 14, 2017
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Last year, Jacobs released an official apology on his Instagram for his dreadlock blunder : “I apologize for the lack of sensitivity unintentionally expressed by my brevity.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BKgYwsuBHWE

Kendall Jenner, who walked for Marc Jacobs’ show in one of the questionable head wraps, got heat for a similar misstep earlier this year. The young model was at the center of a maelstrom for her now-infamous Pepsi commercial, where she flees a fashion shoot to join a Civil Rights-like protest and calms the discord by offering the soft drink to a police officer. On a recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Jenner said that she thought her life was over after realizing her mistake. But now, it appears she’s made a similar snafu.

 

https://twitter.com/johntylerc/status/908147964924907520

 

 

 

People Chica has reached out to Jacobs for comment, but he’s not yet responded.