Luxury fashion brands Versace, Coach, and Givenchy have apologized for making perceived affronts to China's national sovereignty with T-shirts listing Hong Kong and Taiwan as separate countries. Versace was criticized on Sunday for a T-shirt that implied Hong Kong and Macau -- both semi-autonomous cities in China -- were independent. Hong Kong has become a particularly sensitive subject in mainland China as the Asian financial hub has been plunged into months of pro-democracy protests. On Monday, images of a 2018 Coach T-shirt that said Taiwan -- a self-ruled democratic island Beijing regards as its territory -- and Hong Kong were not part of China again provoked anger online. Givenchy too was outed for a similar offence: a black T-shirt that listed Taiwan and Hong Kong separately from cities in mainland China. All three companies have tried to minimize the damage over the mistakes that cost them their high-profile Chinese brand ambassadors. Coach said in a statement Monday that … [Read more...] about Luxury brands apologize over China T-shirt blunders
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Versace, Coach apologise over China T-shirt blunders
Versace was criticised over the weekend for a T-shirt that implied Hong Kong and Macau -- both semi-autonomous cities in China -- were independent BEIJING - Luxury fashion brands Versace and Coach have apologised for making perceived affronts to China's national sovereignty on T-shirts, mistakes that cost them their high-profile Chinese brand ambassadors.Versace was criticised on Sunday for a T-shirt that implied Hong Kong and Macau -- both semi-autonomous cities in China -- were independent.Hong Kong, operated under China's "one country, two systems" policy, has become particularly sensitive in the mainland as the Asian financial hub has been plunged into months of pro-democracy protests.On Monday, images of a 2018 Coach T-shirt that said Taiwan -- a self-ruled democratic island -- and Hong Kong were not part of China again provoked anger online.Both companies have tried to minimise the damage.Coach said in a statement Monday that the clothes with the "serious inaccuracy" … [Read more...] about Versace, Coach apologise over China T-shirt blunders
After Versace, now Coach faces backlash in China over T-shirts
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - Another day, another luxury brand runs afoul of political sensitivities in China. Less than 24 hours after Versace apologised for T-shirts that defied China's "One China policy," American fashion label Coach is now facing backlash from Chinese consumers for a strikingly similar faux pas. After pictures circulated online of a T-shirt allegedly sold by Coach that suggests Hong Kong and Taiwan are countries, rather than cities, calls grew over social media for a boycott of the Tapestry Inc-owned label. Coach's brand ambassador, Chinese supermodel Liu Wen, said on Monday (Aug 12) on Weibo that she would terminate her relationship with the brand for "seriously hurting the Chinese people's feelings". Coach did not immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sunday, Versace apologised in an official Weibo post for a "wrong design". Its T-shirts listed Hong Kong and Macau as countries, although both are special administrative regions of China. The T-shirts were taken … [Read more...] about After Versace, now Coach faces backlash in China over T-shirts
Coach, Givenchy in hot water over China T-shirt row
BEIJING/HONG KONG -- Chinese brand ambassadors of fashion labels from Coach to Givenchy have severed ties with the companies over products which they said violated China’s sovereignty by identifying Hong Kong and Taiwan as countries. The brands are the latest to get into hot water over political issues in China, which has been more assertive in its territorial claims and how it expects foreign companies doing businesses in China to describe them. Italian luxury label Versace and its artistic director, Donatella Versace, apologized on Sunday after one of its T-shirts, depicting the territories of Hong Kong and Macau as countries, was criticized on Chinese social media. Coach’s China ambassador, supermodel Liu Wen, said on Weibo on Monday that she had severed her endorsement deal with the New York-based label over a similar T-shirt, which also listed Taiwan as a country even though Beijing says the self-ruled island is a renegade province. “I apologize to everyone for … [Read more...] about Coach, Givenchy in hot water over China T-shirt row
K-pop fans rush to buy new Uniqlo x BTS mashup T-shirts
Fans of K-pop sensation BTS have formed long lines in front of Uniqlo stores around Indonesia since early Friday morning, as the retail giant launched a T-shirt collection in collaboration with BTS and Line Friends.The collection, called BT21, comprises 12 different designs, with the BTS members depicted in the style of Line Friends characters, with each T-shirt priced at Rp 149,000 (US$10.55).Anticipating the many fans that would rush to buy out the collection, Uniqlo Indonesia announced on its Instagram account on Thursday that each customer could only buy one T-shirt of each design. As expected, long queues to obtain the Uniqlo x BT21 T-shirts were seen at Uniqlo stores across Indonesia on Friday. North Jakarta's Kelapa Gading La Piazza Mall posted photos of the queue on its Instagram account on Friday afternoon.Read also: BT21 x Uniqlo collection available in Indonesia on June 21Meanwhile, as reported by kompas.com, fans formed long lines in front of the Uniqlo store … [Read more...] about K-pop fans rush to buy new Uniqlo x BTS mashup T-shirts