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Designers Respond To Their Stores Being Defaced And Looted During Protests
By Thanussha Priyah, 02 Jun 2020
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As protests carry on following the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, many luxury fashion stores were subjected to looting and damage. Several brands, including The Hundreds, Round Two, and Marc Jacobs, were affected by the chaos.
Despite the upheaval, Marc Jacobs showcased his support to protestors. On Instagram, he shared a photo of the brand’s logo plaque being defaced with George Floyd and Sandra Bland’s names, and captioned the post, “A life cannot be replaced. Black Lives Matter.” Like Floyd, Bland was killed in police custody back in 2015, and had experienced racial injustice and lost her life.
Virgil Abloh wasn’t pleased with the looting and rioting, as he commented on his friend Sean Wotherspoon’s post, which featured Wotherspoon’s store Round Two and Round Two Vintage being damaged and ransacked. “This is f**ked up,” Abloh wrote as he detailed his friend’s efforts to build up the fashion brand, only to have it destroyed by protestors.
Bobby Hundreds, owner of The Hundreds, shared a photo of his store being damaged with flames ignited at the storefront.
“I am not angry about the devastation. When commenters ask how I can condone rioting and looting, I categorically do not. Yet I am not surprised,” he wrote on his post. He detailed how, as a society, people have been taught to value “hoodies” over “their relationships, their financial education, their careers.”
View this post on InstagramA life cannot be replaced. Black Lives Matter. Marc Jacobs. Los Angeles, CA. May 31, 2020
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View this post on InstagramMorning LA @roundtwohollywood @roundtwovintage
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[via Dazed, cover image via Marc Jacobs]
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