Just over a year ago, several high-profile brands were excoriated for their overtly racist new products.
Italian luxury fashion house Prada, for example, debuted their Pradamalia collection: a series of black monkeys with large black lips resembling ‘Little Sambo’.
House of Gucci revealed an $890 sweater mimicking blackface.
There were others, but anger and disbelief swirled around these two powerful luxury brands in particular. How was this possible?