{"id":"gucci-blackface-balaclava-controversy","name":"Gucci Blackface Balaclava Controversy","summary":"The Gucci Blackface Balaclava Controversy was the February 2019 backlash against an $890 black wool balaclava sweater from Gucci's Fall Winter 2018-2019 collection whose red-lipped mouth opening looked like blackface makeup. 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