Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gucci released a new women's sweater this week that immediately sparked backlash. The Italian label's "wool balaclava jumper" is a ...

The Italian luxury brand Gucci removed a balaclava sweater from its physical and online stores after the garment came under fire for resembling blackface. The $890 black turtleneck stretches up to ...

Knitted hoods – also known as balaclavas, bonnets and snoods – have quietly become one of fashion’s most enduring accessory obsessions. Once a purely practical cold-weather staple, they’ve been ...

Italian luxury brand Gucci lit up social media after images of a balaclava knit top that looked like blackface caricatures surfaced, leading the brand to apologize on Twitter. “Gucci deeply apologizes ...

ROME -- Gucci has apologized for a wool sweater that resembled a "blackface" and said the item had been pulled from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having ...

"I am a Black man before I am a brand," he wrote. "Another fashion house has gotten it outrageously wrong. There is no excuse nor apology that can erase this kind of insult. The CEO of Gucci has ...

Gucci has apologised for a wool balaclava jumper that social media users described as racist — but it’s only one of many stuff-ups from elite fashion labels. It was the latest case of a fashion house ...