Reader Southern wrote in with an interesting question over the weekend!
She typed, “How do you feel about designers who (only) use Caucasian faces on their shoes?”
” Do you think it’s an purposeful exclusion of brown people; and does it affect your decision to wear those brands?”
Southern went on to attach pictures of Charlotte Olympia’s $995 Sleeping Princess Pumps (above), along with an image of the popular $360 Alice + Olivia ‘Stacey’ Face Pumps:
I don’t think the exclusion was purposeful. In the case of Alice + Olivia, the pumps are modeled after brand founder Stacey Bendet:
It also seems as if Charlotte Olympia, pictured below, might have modeled her princess pumps after herself.
Can you really fault a designer for making something in their image? I don’t think so. As long as we have nudes to match our skin tone…
Though it’s certainly worth reflecting on. If you saw a ‘Brown Sleeping Beauty’ pump going for $995 or a ‘Multicultural Fashionista’ heel for $360, would you buy it?
She typed, “How do you feel about designers who (only) use Caucasian faces on their shoes?”
” Do you think it’s an purposeful exclusion of brown people; and does it affect your decision to wear those brands?”
Southern went on to attach pictures of Charlotte Olympia’s $995 Sleeping Princess Pumps (above), along with an image of the popular $360 Alice + Olivia ‘Stacey’ Face Pumps:
I don’t think the exclusion was purposeful. In the case of Alice + Olivia, the pumps are modeled after brand founder Stacey Bendet:
It also seems as if Charlotte Olympia, pictured below, might have modeled her princess pumps after herself.
Can you really fault a designer for making something in their image? I don’t think so. As long as we have nudes to match our skin tone…
Though it’s certainly worth reflecting on. If you saw a ‘Brown Sleeping Beauty’ pump going for $995 or a ‘Multicultural Fashionista’ heel for $360, would you buy it?
Ugly set of shoes,wat a waste of design......,na wa.
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