MAC & Rodarte Apologize for Ciudad Juarez Inspired Make-up Line
MAC has been facing intense criticism after bloggers caught wind of the new fall make-up line the brand is co-launching with "it" girl designers Rodarte.
The line, ostensibly inspired by a road trip Rodarte designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy took along the U.S./Mexico border, include blushes, lipsticks and nail polishes with names like, "Factory," "Juarez," "Ghost town," "Del Norte," and "Quinceañera."
The fact that Ciudad Juarez has been named the most dangerous city in the world seems to have been lost on the designers, who told reporters that their Fall/Winter ready-to-wear line (unveiled in February 2010) was influenced by the lines of women workers they'd see on their way to factory jobs in the middle of the night. Compounding the offense is the marketing campaign surrounding the make-up line, which features ghostly pale women who look as if they have been raised from the dead. Even the blush compact is streaked with ribbons of red that look like blood. Juarez is known mainly as the center of an epidemic of violence against women, which local government official and police have turned a blind eye to. Local NGO's estimate the number of women who have gone missing or been murdered over the last 10 years to be somewhere around 5000.
Both MAC and Rodarte claim ignorance and have issued apologetic statements. "We are truly saddened about injustice in Juarez and it is a very important issue to us," insisted the Mulleavys. "The M·A·C collaboration was intended as a celebration of the beauty of the landscape and people in the areas that we traveled." MAC has promised to donate the part of the proceeds of the collection to those in need in Ciudad Juarez.
Wow, really bad idea and marketing! What the hell were they thinking?
I see nothing wrong with the inspiration but the pictures of the dead looking girl and the names are what really bugs me... I mean inspiration can be drawn from anywhere but its up to the artist or designer to interpret. What also matters is how the rest of the world sees your interpretation of art... Thumbs down for you MAC
Quoting Supervane:
I see nothing wrong with the inspiration but the pictures of the dead looking girl and the names are what really bugs me... I mean inspiration can be drawn from anywhere but its up to the artist or designer to interpret. What also matters is how the rest of the world sees your interpretation of art... Thumbs down for you MAC
Exactly...
they should have known better.. seriously.. how are you gonna get inspired by towns and cities and not know in detail what the people in the area really are... esp with all the immigration stuff going on.. Oh please I dont buy their I didnt know crap.. when it comes to Mexico it just seems that certain people wanna do what ever they can to make the people and country look bad. And then to have a model like that wearing the inspired products..SMH makes me wonder what is the real message they are trying to say
I agree chik!
Quoting Habichuela:
they should have known better.. seriously.. how are you gonna get inspired by towns and cities and not know in detail what the people in the area really are... esp with all the immigration stuff going on.. Oh please I dont buy their I didnt know crap.. when it comes to Mexico it just seems that certain people wanna do what ever they can to make the people and country look bad. And then to have a model like that wearing the inspired products..SMH makes me wonder what is the real message they are trying to say
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- Joqui
on Jul. 20, 2010 at 12:07 PM